Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Torta ahogada (with hot sauce) from Tortas Ahogadas Mi Barrio in Oakland. (Cesar Hernandez/S.F. Chronicle) In 2000, Javier Padilla ...

Louisianians chew on po-boys. Floridians munch on Cuban sandwiches. And Texans can't get enough of the Mexican torta. The south-of-the-border import is as common today as the taco at Houston-area ...

Jorge Rojo, chef-owner of Ro-Ho Pork & Bread in San Antonio, left the practice of law behind for the crusty exterior and cushion-soft interior of the birote sourdough bread typical of his hometown, ...

There’s an old Mexican adage that, when translated, reads: Ain’t nothing about a sandwich that can’t be made better by rolling it up in a tortilla. Oddly, Las Tortas has taken this saying (which I ...

If you go to a restaurant and order a torta, exactly what you'll receive on your plate can differ widely depending on what country you're in. Mexico, the Philippines, Italy, and Spain all offer ...

An implicit rule in the art of sandwich-making is that texture — lots of it — is good. A handful of chips pressed into soft bread have the power to transform a humdrum sandwich into something ...

When Elyan Zamora and her family came to the United States from Mexico 28 years ago, they were in search of a better economic future. Zamora and her mother, Elvira, had a dream of sharing their ...

Despite growing up in Tucson and taking Spanish classes for the better part of two decades, it wasn’t until just a few years ago that I discovered, at least in Southern Arizona, that tortas aren’t ...