Article: Latin flavors unleashed: the foods of Mexico, Cuba and other Latin countries find favor with U.S. consumers.

Homemade tortillas, carnitas, tamales and tamarind-flavored soft drinks aren't things you'd expect to find at a grocery store in Spokane, Wa. But those items, along with Mexican beer, chile rellenos, breakfast burritos and even pinatas are the norm at DeLeon Foods--a supermarket complete with a full-service deli and tortilla factory billed as "something that Spokane has never offered before."

Across the country, at El Burrito Mercado in Minneapolis, Minn., shoppers find everything they need to make a gourmet Mexican or Latin American dinner: hard to find spices, Mexican cheeses, canned chiles, Hispanic cheeses, and Maseca and corn husks for homemade tortillas and ...

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