TV show takes Minnesota chef to Guatemala, where women are preserving tortilla tradition

We’ve been hearing more and more about corn in the food world — most recently when Minneapolis restaurant Oro by Nixta, which is focused on heirloom corn and its role in Mexican cuisine, was a semifinalist for a national James Beard award.

Amalia Moreno Damgaard, chef and Appetites regular, says there’s more to the story.

She was recently featured in a series called “World Eats Bread” from National Geographic discussing the women-led movement in her native Guatemala to save the country’s heirloom corn and tortilla traditions “from commercial practices.”

She shared more of her experience and learnings with MPR News host Tom Crann.

To hear the full interview, click play on the player above.

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