LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amapola Market, renowned for its premium “masa” and branded corn products, along with a diverse range of Latin food offerings, proudly announced the ...

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DOWNEY, Calif. (KABC) -- A "masa mess" was creating long lines again Wednesday at the Amapola market in Downey, where some customers said the dough sold to make tamales made them sick and they're ...

SOUTH LOS ANGELES -- Tamale trouble is making Christmas less than jolly for hundreds of Southern Californians. Customers who bought their traditional Christmas tamales from Amapola markets around Los ...

The tamale disaster unfolded with impeccably bad timing. The week before Christmas last year, people had stood in line for hours for the store’s famous masa, the ground cornmeal for tamales. Soon, ...

DOWNEY, Calif. (KABC) -- An executive with Amapola markets, which sold thousands of bad tamales at its four stores, apologized to its customers and said the company is working to provide full refunds ...

Christina Chavarria had already prepared almost 200 tamales, but she was back at Amapola Market in Southern California early Tuesday morning for more masa. The dough made from ground corn was the best ...

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CEBU, Philippines - Amapola Cabase, more popularly known to her fans as simply Amapola, is a Filipino-American singer who was born in Cebu on Nov. 3, 1948. Her parents were Manuel Kabahar Cabase of ...