Superstar pastry chef Alex Stupak's love of real Mexican food changed his life; it caused him quit fine dining and open the smash-hit Empell

In this Southwestern retelling of a childhood favorite, Burro finds it difficult to get any help from his friends as he diligently works to turn corn into tortillas. For Creative Minds section includes a Spanish/English glossary and a simple recipe for making tortillas.

For centuries tortillas have been a staple of the Mexican diet, but today it crosses cultures and borders as a part of an international network of people, customs, and culinary traditions. A history of the tortilla from its roots in ancient Mesoamerica to the cross-cultural global tortilla; from the Mexican woman rolling the mano over the metate to grind corn to the enormous wheat tortillas made in northern Mexico to creations like the stuffed burrito.......