Fresh Handmade Flour Tortillas — No Preservatives | Made Daily in Monterey Bay
The Story Behind Every Tortilla
Some recipes don't come from cookbooks. They come from kitchens where generations of hands worked the same dough, passed down not through written instructions but through memory, touch, and love.
This is one of those recipes.
It started long before I was born, in a small town called Tanhuato, Michoacan, Mexico, where my grandparents grew up. They eventually made their way to the Pajaro Valley near Watsonville, California, where they went to school together as children, grew up side by side, and eventually married and built a life together in Corralitos, CA. In that home, tortillas weren't a recipe. They were a daily ritual. Every morning, every dinner, there was always a fresh batch on the comal. Warm, soft, and waiting.
My great grandmother and my grandmother taught my mother. My mother, born in California as the first generation in this country, carried that tradition forward without ever letting it fade. In her kitchen, tortillas were as natural as breathing. There was always dough. There was always warmth. There was always something on the table made with your own hands.
When I was old enough to reach the counter, with a little help from a stool, my mother gave me my own ball of dough and let me roll my very first tortilla. She took food coloring and pressed my initial, "L," right onto the dough so I would know which one was mine. I never forgot that moment. It wasn't just about making tortillas. It was about belonging to something bigger than yourself.
I grew up continuing that tradition. Rolling tortillas the way my mother showed me, the way her mother showed her, the way her mother's mother showed her before that. And now I'm sharing them with you.
What Makes These Tortillas Different
These are not store bought tortillas. They never will be.
Store bought tortillas are made to last on a shelf. That means preservatives, additives, and ingredients you can't pronounce. Our tortillas are made with five simple, honest ingredients; flour, water, salt, baking powder, and a touch of oil. That's it. Nothing else. Nothing hidden.
Because they're made fresh every single day with no preservatives, they're best enjoyed within 1 to 2 weeks when refrigerated. Think of them the way you think of fresh baked bread, real food made the right way has a natural shelf life, and that's exactly how it should be.
Every tortilla is hand rolled, which means no two are exactly alike. They're medium sized, roughly 7 to 8 inches, with that slightly imperfect shape that tells you a real person made this with their hands. That imperfection is the point. It's what makes them real.
Each dozen is carefully packaged in a non-BPA zip seal bag to keep them fresh. Every step of the process is handled with care and clean gloves, because the same hands that carry this tradition forward take your health just as seriously as the recipe itself.
How to Enjoy Them
Warm them on a comal or skillet for about 30 seconds on each side until they're soft and just beginning to show those golden spots. Then do whatever feels right.
Tuck in your favorite taco filling. Roll them into a burrito. Fold them over cheese for a quesadilla. Or do what generations of our family have always done; grab one straight off the comal, add a little butter or a pinch of salt, and eat it before anyone tells you to stop.
Trust me, stopping is the hard part.
One dozen handmade flour tortillas, made fresh daily. Pick up available in Seaside, CA. Open to the entire Monterey Bay Area community.