Flour Tortillas

At a very early age, my mom would bring me into the kitchen and say, “You have to pay attention and watch how I do things.” Watching my mamí cook is like watching a professional. She moves with authority and finesse and knows her flavors through and through. When I was a kid, I would mimic the way her hands moved when she made tortillas before I even fully understood what I was doing.

My mom tells everyone how my first flour tortilla was shaped like the continent of Africa. I