I wandered around until I found a street vendor braving the cold to sell her tamales. All she had left by that time of day were tamales de chicharron. I bought five, and stashed them in my dorm ...

Forbes magazine interviewed chefs and came up with tips for tamales. Here are few of them. Street vendors started selling tamales in the mid-19th century in San Francisco during the Gold Rush.

The restaurant was also selling tamales that were prepared at someone's home instead of in an authorized kitchen. Several items in the kitchen were also found to not have dates on them ...