A packaged food article and a method of preparing a food article. The packaged food article includes a hermetically sealed food package with a headspace filled with a headspace gas. The packaged food article also includes a baked soft shaped tortilla piece with a thickness ranging from about 1-5 mm and a water activity of 0.88 or less. The soft shaped tortilla piece has a shape other than flat and is both pliable and sufficiently rigid to maintain its shape at room temperature.