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• n  thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour

• Minneapolis' La Chaya is offering dishes like pizza with Oaxaca cheese, and at Bruno's in Seattle, you can get both tortilla soup and bruschetta.
• In May tortilla manufacturers gathered at a seminar called "An Industry in Crisis: The High-Protein, Low-Carb Diet and Its Effects on the Tortilla Industry.
• Soaring corn prices have sparked tortilla riots in Mexico City, and skyrocketing flour prices have destabilized Pakistan, which wasn't exactly tranquil when flour was affordable.

News & Articles

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• Praters rolls into United tortilla business
  Praters Foods, United Supermarkets' prepared foods division, has plunged headlong into the tortilla business, launching two house brands for its parent stores this spring.
  June 12, 2013 - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
• Who makes the Best Quesadillas in San Antonio?
  The name is derived from tortilla and the Spanish word for cheese "queso." And the fact is, it can make for a light meal that's simply perfect for the long,...
  June 12, 2013 - WOAI San Antonio
• Food Truck Bite of the Week: Tagine Squash Tacos at The Taco Guys
  Our weekly bite explores the city's food trucks, one at a time, highlighting our favorite mobile dishes and snacks. The Truck: The Taco Guys The Cuisine: Global cuisine delivered on a tortilla ...
  June 11, 2013 - SF Weekly Blogs

Quotes

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• President Felipe Calderón in International Herald Tribune
  The increases in the international corn market do not justify the tortilla hikes in this country in the last weeks,Calderon said.
• Rick Bayless in Fort Worth Star Telegram
  In the just-released 20th-anniversary edition of Authentic Mexican (William Morrow, $30), Latino-food authority Rick Bayless calls the taco "improvised cooking wrapped in a tortilla."
• Jose Manuel Lara in Reuters.uk
  I will now do the same as I do every day, drink some wine and eat some tortilla, just to relax,Lara told reporters on Saturday after finishing the third round of the Hong Kong Open with a two-shot lead over Juvic Pagunsan of the Philippines.