As my holiday gift to you, allow me to share a funny, touching story that originally aired on The Otter Story Hour’s show: Family Feast. Every Christmas, visions of tamales dance in my head. Actually, I eat tamales year-round, maybe because I’m a Mexican who grew up in Los Angeles. But don’t let that fool you – I have a fraught relationship with tamales, thanks to my family. Want to know what I mean? Go to the following Facebook link for a video of that November 2020 Show. You can find my story, The Tamale Incident, at 50:06, or grab snacks and watch the whole show as several delightful storytellers share tales of feasting.
The Tamale Incident – Cara’s Tale of Family Feasts on The Otter Story Hour
About Cara
Cara Lopez Lee is the author of the novel, Candlelight Bridge, and the memoir, They Only Eat Their Husbands. She’s a winner of The Moth StorySLAM and is featured in many personal storytelling shows. Her writing appears in such publications as the Los Angeles Times, Manifest-Station, and Rivet. Cara and her husband love traveling, but their home is coastal Ventura, California, where they enjoy tending their Certified Wildlife Habitat full of birds, bees, and butterflies.
