It's nice enough as to where I would love to display ...
So I had to wait until I actually made corn tortillas with this press to leave a review. As you can tell by the photo's provided by the maker that this is a stunning piece of wood work. It's nice enough as to where I would love to display it, but space in my kitchen is sparse si ti stays in its shipping box until needed. I've been considering a corn tortilla press for years now, but was hesitant because the cast ones break. I'd rather spend $70 for an unbreakable than $25 on a breakable. I want to pass my tortilla maker on to family after I croak. This fits the bill.<br /><br />Now onto the important stuff. I ordered the 10 inch which is the perfect size after measuring store bought corn tortillas. I researched corn tortilla recipes for a year and ended up using the New York Times recipe that Mark Bittman created called 'almost from scratch corn tortillas'. It's the best recipe out there. I followed the recipe which turned out soft, pliable dough. This press turned out 12 of the most perfect corn tortillas I've ever seen. My wife and i were shocked. I lined it with both sides of a plastic ziplock bag, put a ping pong ball sized piece of dough between the plastic, closed it and then pressed it and the tortillas came out perfect every time. This was also the very first time I've ever made tortillas so this is easy. The end result blows away store bought.<br /><br />Save yourself the years of research i did and just buy this press. The others are cheap junk. Just make sure and follow the instructions and oil it with food grade mineral oil once or twice a year and this press will last forever. Oh yeah, it's also a piece of art so if you have the room to leave it out, do it.
Rating: 5 stars