“I need a closet just for the mortar pestles in my kitchen,” she said, laughing. Karla Tatiana Vasquez depends on her Salvadoran clay comal every day. The comal, a round griddle, is ...

Co-owners Jaime Valle and David Sotelo designed the interior of El Comal in downtown Los Altos. Courtesy El Comal. Contractor Jaime Valle’s latest construction project is his most personal yet ...

This kitchen is the last place I had my grandmother ... watched her place her middle finger on the hot comal and get through just a handful. There was no butter or honey that day.

Comal 864, Greenville's combination of South ... South Texas and Mexican roots into a menu inspired by early adolescent kitchen experiences alongside her grandmother, Sarita, and mother, Miroslava.