Nopales, also known as prickly pear cactus pads, are vastly versatile, antioxidant-packed succulent plants. While these spiny cactus paddles are staples in Mexican cooking, their uses are endless and ...

Ask a Mexican what nopales are known for, and you might watch a nostalgic smile wash over their face. That’s what happens when Hector Saldivar, CEO of San Francisco-based Tia Lupita, recalls the ...

A woman poses for a photo with a nopal, a prickly pear cacti, bearing the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, in Mexico City's ...