When Salvador Allende was elected president of Chile in 1970, he made a promise to his people: “Ours will be a revolution Chilean-style, with empanadas and red wine.” His comment was interpreted as a ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Throughout 2020, The Independent’s weekly Your Menu section will focus on foods from around the world, exploring various cultures and traditions. We’ll also take a look at regional ...

A few short hours after Chile’s new president, Sebastián Piñera, was inaugurated, Marymount of Santa Barbara middle-school students rolled up their sleeves to make empanadas, a common and delicious ...

Pablo Soto has delivered empanadas to me on two different occasions. Each time these plus-sized, Chilean-style pockets of pleasure have tasted as if they were pulled directly out of the oven or fryer ...

Naomi Waxman is the former reporter for Eater Chicago and an award-winning journalist who covers restaurants, bars, pop-ups. Chicago is a city blessed with all kinds of empanadas, from the crispy corn ...

If you are ever at a bar and a hip-hop artist in a chef coat and hat is selling Chilean empanadas — perhaps even willing to freestyle in order to entice you — say yes and get the “Pino” empanada if ...

YORK, Maine — Locals can find a taste of Chile on Route 1, where Lorena’s Empanadas has opened its first storefront featuring traditional cuisine from the owner’s home country. Lorena Taylor sold out ...

This story was reported for K Onda KQED, a monthly newsletter focused on the Bay Area’s Latinx community. Click here to subscribe. In 1995, Paula Tejeda left her native New York for San Francisco. She ...

Next time you have some leftover brisket, don’t throw it in a tortilla — transform it into an empanada. “Empanadas are as big a deal as sandwiches because you can do empanadas with anything you have ...

With each empanada I forked, I want to let you know that I made it with all the love I have," said owner Lorena Taylor.