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 ...

HAND-HELD filled pastries are a phenomenon that solves many problems: there’s no need for silverware, the pastry keeps the filling warm and they’re not (too) messy. Usually filled with simple ...

There are as many types of empanadas as there are cooks in Argentina, but this recipe is reminiscent of the famous empanadas porteñas (which are usually fried and much larger in size) that you’ll find ...

There was a little Puerto Rican restaurant in Seattle‘s Ballard neighborhood called La Isla, and for years it was our place. Date nights, happy hour, and once the kids came along, early dinners timed ...

Empanadas might just be the best food ever invented. Consider this: You can eat them with one hand, which means never having to put down your drink at parties. They can be savory or sweet, meaty or ...

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 ...

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Toast almonds 6 to 8 minutes on cookie sheet in oven until lightly golden. Unfold both pie crusts on baking sheet. In a bowl, combine toasted almonds, cherries, ap-ricots, ...

Given a choice between a fried empanada or a baked empanada, I invariably go for the fried — mostly because I love the way frying can bubble up a pastry crust, give it layers and a bit of brittle ...

Owners, Diego Felix & Sanra Ritten, own and operate Fonda Felix, a kitchen that works out of Kelly’s French Bakery on the Westside that is producing beautifully baked empanadas. The two are keeping it ...

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 ...

Oh, the empanada, that lovely pan-Latin hot pocket of goodness. Some argue the only true empanada is a fried empanada, while others argue that the best empanadas are baked. Both are delicious, any of ...