<B>A James Beard Award Nominee, 2023 IACP Award Finalist, National Bestseller, and Best Cookbook of 2022 from <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, <I>Food and Wine</I>, <I>The Washington Post</I>, <I>San Francisco Chronicle</I>, <I>NPR</I>, and <I>Saveur</I>.</B><BR/><BR/><I>MASA</I> is your guide to making authentic, high-quality masa from scratch and cooking with it in your home kitchen.<BR/><BR/>It's time to learn the way to a perfect taco, and it all starts with the masa. Like sourdough before it, craft masa is on the brink of a global culinary movement. Jorge Gaviria's company, Masienda, has become a proxy message board at the center of the swelling masa conversation and with this cookbook he completes the story of how to create this special building block from scratch.<BR/><BR/> Brimming with history, replicable techniques, and reflections from masa authorities, including third-generation tortillerxs and acclaimed chefs, <I>MASA</I> reve