Nov 22 2016
By Pete Banda Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Well, believe it or not it’s finally that time of the year again. No, I’m not talking Thanksgiving or Christmas time, but something much bigger… Tamale contest time. That’s right, the eight annual “San Benito News Best Tamale in Town” contest has been scheduled for Friday, December 16 and …
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Nov 28 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com My grandma makes the best tamales,” is pretty much the quote across the board in all families here in the Valley. Well, now families from the community have a chance to put their tamales where their mouth is, literally. The San Benito News seventh annual “Best Tamale Contest” is …
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Dec 24 2014
NEWS Staff Report The judges have voted, and a winner for the San Benito News’ ‘Best Tamales in Town’ contest has been decided. Irma Gonzalez’s tamales have once again been named the best of the best. A panel of three judges tasted several tamales and judged them based on taste, texture, originality and presentation. …
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Dec 12 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Special to the NEWS It’s tamale season here in the Rio Grande Valley, and John Harth, a long-time winter visitor originally from Chicago IL, says he’s eager to judge the best of the best among local tamale makers at the forthcoming, sixth annual San Benito News “Best Tamales in Town” contest! Harth, …
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Nov 21 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Ladies and gentlemen, get your tamales ready. The sixth annual San Benito News “Best Tamales in Town” contest is set for Friday, Dec. 19. As always, the contest is open to the public. Everyone is invited to bring one dozen of their best tamales to the News office on 356 …
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