Pork tamales are the standard, but Southwesterners enjoy green chili and cheese versions, cooked raisin desert tamales, and others. Here are 120 traditional and innovative tamales by America's top three Southwestern chefs. 75 color photos. Tamales-little packages of corn masa dough typically containing a tasty filling and wrapped in a dried corn husk-are an increasingly popular feature of Southwestern and Mexican cooking. They are inexpensive, easy...