High on Nixtamal

Tortilla empires, burnout, and an ode to Salsa Negra

AI generated image of La Virgen taking a nap on a tortilla. 1/3

I come from people who are strong enough to carry water and not dissolve in it like sugar. That’s how I like to describe my ancestral lineage. Two generations ago, we were farmers on the rugged terrain of the eastern Sierra Madre Occidental, at an altitude of 6430 ft, originally settled by t…