In Cuba, before the 1959 Revolution, street vendors sold Mexican-style tamales wrapped in corn husks, usually made without any kind of spicy seasoning.

They don't want to end up cleaning houses or selling tamales on the corner.

A group of Mexican immigrants sold tamales and tacos once a month to raise money for a restoration fund.

The stand initially sold hot dogs and Mexican tamales.

Vendors were selling tamales and guanabo turnovers.

Sandwiched between a man selling $2 boxes of tangerines and a women selling tamales was a teenager, maybe 16, mumbling "social seguridad" in a low voice.

She and her husband sell tamales in the street.

Early in the morning a vendor sells tamales stuffed with pork or chicken, light yet rich and very spicy, to subway riders at 103rd.

They also sell tamales, and at breakfast, beignets.

Last Sunday, most of her children visited her, but only after she had spent a few hours selling tamales on the street.