News Headline
Ancient Corn is Coming to Whole Foods. Just Don’t Try to Buy it in Mexico.
Source
Civil Eats
Publication Date
2017-10-27
There is nothing quite like a good tortilla. Unfortunately, almost no one in the U.S. has ever had a good, authentic tortilla—handmade, still warm from the comal it’s been cooked on, from landrace corn grown, nixtamalized, and ground nearby, often by the very same hands making the tortillas. A tortilla speaks of a particular soil, a variety of corn, a certain landscape, and the community that have been its guardians for millennia.