Recipes are immediately transportative, evoking a time, place and people. They are passed on, crossing borders and continents, but never losing their power. So, what are those extra-special dishes we carry, passed down not only as a means to prepare a meal, but to connect with our heritage, relatives and memories? Here, renowned people from the food world share their ultimate inheritance dishes.
1 “TAMALES WERE PASSED TO OUR GRANDMOTHER FROM HER MUM”
Karla Zazueta is a chef and food writer. She also runs Mexican cookery classes (mexicanfoodmemories.co.uk).
“Tamales Sinaloenses are parcels made with corn dough, wrapped either in corn husks or banana leaves. These are particular because the dough is coloured with red chilli and has rendered pork added. I remember eating the raw dough as a girl and my mum would warn me I’d get ill. They’re topped
