Corn tortillas are an essential food in all regions of Mexico. To prepare corn tortillas, you'll need masa harina (flour made from corn) as well as a tortilla press and a flat griddle or comal. Any ...

Simply translated, masa — the foundation for every perfect tortilla, tostada, tamale, pozole, arepa and gordita — means dough. It unites North and South America, defying any one cultural identity.

Rick Martínez grew up thinking he didn’t like corn tortillas. While his mother and grandmother would make delicious flour ones from scratch, the corn tortillas they’d buy from the store tasted off, ...