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 ...

For easy deadline cooking, the ethnic section of your grocer’s freezer aisle has a hidden gem – frozen empanada shells. These simple pastry disks (usually about 6 inches around) are intended to be ...

It’s no surprise that Beto’s Comida Latina owner Albert Mijangos can fill, fold and crimp empanadas with the best of them. After all, his San Antonio restaurant sells hundreds of the savory and sweet ...

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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 ...

The best toddler-birthday-party food I’ve ever had were picadillo empanadas. Fede, a boy from my daughters’ daycare, turned 3, and his mom baked a huge batch of them. She had made the dough by hand ...

A recent trip to Argentina brought a revelation: I love empanadas. In previous travels I'd enjoyed cousins of the savory South American hand pies, such as samosas in Southeast Asia and even fried pie ...