Empanadas are fried, baked or air-fried hand pies that have either a savory or sweet filling, which is very popular in South America. They are also known as empanadillas (or pastelillos), depending on ...

Ten years ago, Fuego Bistro had 13 tables. Today, Jeff Ward's central Phoenix restaurant has 32. Why? Ward credits the “best kitchen staff in the country." Four chefs, all brothers, have worked in the ...

Cook’s notes: Haider says not to use ground beef that is too lean because the filling will be dry. She buys frozen pastry rounds at El Gaucho Meat Market, 847 S. State College Blvd., Anaheim, or at ...

Empanadas — those familiar, golden, hand-held pies — are popular throughout Central and South America, from Mexico to the southernmost tip of Argentina. But in Chile, they are something of an ...

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 ...