For some, a tortilla is a easy convenience. You grab a bag from the store, pop it open, use a tortilla or two as your taco vessel — and that's it. The focus may be on the taco filling, the garnish, the salsa, the guacamole, with very little thought going into the tortilla itself.
But for others, tortillas represent a lot more, tethering families to previous generations, as well as to the land that sustained them.
