A let’s-get-a-few-friends-together soiree begs for party snacks with a few surprise ingredients -- bite-size turnovers that have personality and that go down perfectly with either a glass of crisp, ...

Note: The empanadas may be prepared ahead. Put them on a floured dishcloth and refrigerate, covered, until ready to fry. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Slice off ends of plantains and banana and cut a ...

First things first: Decide if you need unripe or ripe plantains. If you want them to be sticky and caramelized when cooked—like maduros, which are sweet, ripe plantains fried in oil—you’ll need to buy ...

A LET’S-get-a-few-friends-together soiree begs for party snacks with a few surprise ingredients -- bite-size turnovers that have personality and that go down perfectly with either a glass of crisp, ...

I was not sure what to expect as we pulled into the parking lot of Super Perros, at 2010 W. Tennessee St. The outside of the weather-beaten building is, to put it lightly, not the most inviting. Open ...

Argentines, Cubans, and Colombians, please accept my apologies. Your empanadas pale in comparison to Venezuela’s beef-, bean-, and sweet-plantain-filled empanadas de pabellón. Yes, your empanadas are ...

When Sazón Centroamericano in Yonkers makes its sweet plantain empanadas filled with vanilla custard, no ordinary masher will suffice for preparing the dough. "The plantain isn't mashed in a grinder.

Everyone in the world seems to love the idea of wrapped hand-held foods — Jamaican beef patties, Indian samosas, or Cuban pastelitos. But the wrapped food with the best shot at making the top of the ...

Say "Super Bowl" to Philadelphia chef and restaurateur Jose Garces, and he instantly recalls winter Sundays growing up in Chicago. "While my dad and two brothers and I were watching a Bears football ...

Laura Avery follows the scent of tuberose to the market stall of Linda Gallardo of Skyline Ranch, one of the biggest and most established flower growers in the market. For 25 years Skyline has been ...

Popular in areas including Latin America, Southern Europe and parts of Southeast Asia, empanadas are pockets of dough that are stuffed with various fillings and then baked or fried. The result is a ...

IT’S TIME FOR SUNDAY BRUNCH. JOINING US THIS MORNING IS THE OWNER OF THE EMPANADA LADY ELISA MILAN. GOOD MORNING. HOW YOU YOU GOT YOUR TRUSTY DUSTY, TRUSTY PERSON NUMBER TWO. YES. RIGHT HAND DIRECTOR ...