Making tamales is labor intensive, but they're a staple of the end-of-year holidays for many families in the Southwest. It's hard work, and everyone's got to do it. It's a tradition for Anna Fossom ...

San Antonio's most famous tamale-maker has another achievement to boast of. Ellen Riojas Clark, known as "La Mera Mera Tamalera" — a nickname she gave herself that translates roughly as "the very, ...