One afternoon last December while sitting bored in a meeting, I was scrolling through Instagram when a post stopped me in my tracks. It was by Granor Farm and Madre Masa & Tortillas, and featured ...

But a crucial step was missing in modern processing: an ancient technique called nixtamalization. The lost art of nixtamalization makes corn fully nutritious and safe to eat in large quantities by ...

More recently, food scientists have found that this process, called nixtamalization, increases the bioavailability of both protein and niacin, and radically reduces the toxins often found in moldy ...