Latin cuisine is delicious and popular and has many kinds of foods. Among them are pastelitos and empanadas, foods that seem the same, but are not.

Whether fried or baked, these traditionally savory staples of Latin cuisine take on a new dimension when packed with sweet fillings. Those warm pockets of heaven we all know and love as empanadas go ...

Every year after Halloween, when Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack’s carved jack-o’-lanterns looked soggy, her grandmother in El Paso, Texas, saw an opportunity to repurpose them. Jesusita Soza, who had ...

If you ever find yourself at a loss for what to make for dinner, look no further than Plated's Cuban chicken empanadas recipe (with an amazing dessert too!). AOL.com had the opportunity to get ...

Pumpkin empanadas, popular in communities along the U.S.-Mexico border, have a special place on the holiday table. By Christina Morales Every year after Halloween, when Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack’s ...

Given how good the savory empanadas are at Rincon Argentino, which I review this week, I was curious why the restaurant doesn’t serve empanadas for dessert. “They’re not very common,” explains ...

This week we ventured to downtown Mesa to sample some sweet empanadas at Republica Empanada. We really liked the clean, open interior, but on a beautiful Arizona day it’s hard to resist the outdoors.