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“Pumpkin compote in a masa shell," she says. "It's a new recipe I'm going to try this week." "So, a pumpkin tamale? You know you can just call it a pumpkin tamale. Nobody's going to be impressed because you used some fancy words." Her mouth turns down. "Thank you for the editorial. Just try it." I take a bite. It's good. Better than I expected. The balance of cinnamon and nutmeg is perfect, a hint of allspice. And some ingredient I can't place. Almost... coppery? But it works.”

Native American Pumpkin Seasonings Tamales

Book:Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love

Source: Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love

“I love making homemade Christmas decorations and gifts. As I set out the decorations I’ve made, I get nostalgic remembering sitting at the table so long ago and making them. With each stitch I knit or photo I place, I have the joy of thinking about the gift and the person I made it for.”

Religion Miracle Memoir Prose Warmth Icy Heartwarming Christmas Lights Tamales Winter Holidays

Book:Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir

Source: Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir

“Nativity sets, trees, lights—what’s your favorite Christmas decoration? Mine is my Nativity set buffet in my home.”

Winter Uplifting Excitement Prose Holiday Joyful Childhood Memories Traditions Tamales Nativity Set

Book:Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir

Source: Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir

“Do you want to make a tamale with peanut butter and jelly? Go Ahead! Somebody will eat it.”

Want Peanuts Jelly Peanut Butter Peanut Butter And Jelly Tamales

Author:Bobby Flay

“But I always felt that I'd rather be provincial hot-tamale than soup without seasoning.”

Felt Food Hot Cooking Culinary Soup Seasoning Tamales Hot Soup

Book:The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

Source: The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

“When I think of my Latina side, I imagine family barbecues with carne asada, rice, beans, tortillas and a jalapeno on my plate along with 'Vicente Fernandez' blaring out the speakers. Spicy food. Salsa. Tamales. Family.”

Thinking Sides Imagine Speakers Plates Rice Beans Barbecue Latina Spicy Salsa Tortillas Spicy Food Tamales Jalapenos

Author:Alicia Sixtos

“As a man I'd been a cool customer. As a woman I was a hot tamale.”

Men Hot Customers Tamales

Book:The Lava in My Bones

Source: The Lava in My Bones

“They say California's the big burrito; Texas is a big taco right now. We want to follow that through. Florida is a big tamale.”

Want Bigs Right Now California Texas Florida Tacos Burritos Tamales

Author:Dan Rather

“There were lots of things that I recognized from my experience with Eagle Claw and Wu Hao, and here was the combination of the whole kit and kaboodle, the whole tamale in one.”

Whole Combination Eagles Claws Tamales

Author:Lou Reed

“In Puerto Rico, we have a lot of traditions. We eat a very typical thing that's called 'pasteles' - it's almost like a tamale made of bananas, and we make it all together. Like, all the women of the family unite, and it's a very big deal, a very big thing.”

Made Bigs Together Deals Tradition Typical Big Things Big Deal Bananas Puerto Rico Rico Tamales

Author:Joyce Giraud

“Oh, by the way, is this your armor? (Grace) It is, or was. (Julian) Can we keep it? (Grace) If you like. Why? (Julian) ’Cause, ooo baby, you are one hot tamale in that getup. This outfit alone will get you laid at least four or five times a day. (Grace)”

Ifs Way Causes Five Grace Four Baby Hot Armor Tamales

Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon

“Madame Ratignolle hoped that Robert would exercise extreme caution in dealing with the Mexicans, who, she considered, were a treacherous people, unscrupulous and revengeful. She trusted she did them no injustice in thus condemning them as a race. She had known personally but one Mexican, who made and sold excellent tamales, and whom she would have trusted implicitly, so soft-spoken was he. One day he was arrested for stabbing his wife. She never knew whether he had been hanged or not.”

People Made Race Known Wife Exercise One Day Injustice Extremes Excellent Trusted Caution Mexican Arrested Treacherous Condemning Stabbing Revengeful Tamales

Book:The Awakening and Other Writings

Source: The Awakening and Other Writings