Nearly every Latin American country has its own version of the empanada. In Puerto Rico — my family's country of origin — some call them pastelillos and others call them empanadas, but they are ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- At markets, cafes and coffee shops around Philadelphia, you'll find a very popular pop-up dish that's handmade daily by a self-taught home chef in the city's Fishtown section.

As a child, Thanksgiving at my Puerto Rican Abuela's house looked almost nothing like a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner would. Instead of having a golden whole turkey as the centerpiece of ...

A takeout shop selling pastelillos, rice bowls and other treats from Puerto Rico opens next Thursday at the former Andy's Chicken storefront in Fishtown. The shop, at 2001 Memphis St., is the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Amy Rivera Nassar is on a mission to educate Philadelphians on this savory little piece of her Puerto Rican culture with pastelillos (Puerto Rican meat pies). It's a hot pocket ...

There is an intra-island rivalry in Puerto Rico over the best plantilla, the dough that cocoons the beloved hand-held treat the pastelillo. Pastelillos are folded pockets of pastry, stuffed to the ...

Even Leonardo da Vinci was fascinated by the versatility of this dish, which today is still popular throughout the world and even unifies Latin America with varied and delicious versions in many of ...