Corn Tortillas are Mexico’s Most Ancient Kitchen Essential

Perhaps nothing is as ubiquitous in the Mexican kitchen as corn tortillas. They have been around since the 13th century, when the Aztec and Mayan civilizations in Mexico worshipped corn gods. And no wonder: corn was a major food for them, fresh or dried, to make the masa harina they used to make what we know as corn tortillas—called tlaxcalli in the Nahuatl language...