Empanadas may be popular in Latin America, but they arrived there via Spain, where they were often akin to pies, as this Galician recipe is. Thanks to both canned tuna and store-bought frozen puff ...

PREPARATION: Heat oven to 400 degrees. Thaw a sheet of puff pastry and roll out on a floured surface to about 11 by 14 inches. With a pizza cutter, cut sheet into 24 pieces (4 rows, 6 columns) Stretch ...

Although puff pastry may not rank quite as high as chicken stock and canned beans on your must-have food staples list, if you keep a package of it in your freezer, you’ll never be far away from a ...

• Cover the bottom of a pot with oil on high heat. • Add garlic and sauté until aromatic. • Add onions, carrots and 1/3 spices. • Cook until onions have softened a little, about 5 min. • Add bell ...

Sometimes you feel like you can’t win with people. Take kitchen shortcuts, for example. You suggest a shortcut or store-bought item to make a dish easier or faster, and you get dinged by purists who ...