Definition of empanada
:a turnover with a sweet or savory filling
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Jezabel’s Studio Jezabel Careaga of Jezabel’s at 26th and Pine Streets has opened a tiny offshoot at 208 S. 45th St. in West Philadelphia for cookies, empanadas, coffee, teas, and general merchandise.
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Her husband, Marcelo García, is from Chile, which has its own empanada culture.
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A few of the empanadas, baked into shapes like knots and crescents, have traditional fillings, such as ham and cheese.
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Dear Diary: The street fair in Greenwich Village had the usual street food — empanadas, jerk chicken and souvlakia, along with other tempting choices.
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The empanada is a fried pastry that mixes minced green crab meat with onions, corn, cayenne pepper and thyme.
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Each sandwich and empanada arrives alongside a scoop of Ox's mustardy ensalada rusa and a Grandma Agnes pickle spear (those familiar with the martini of the same name will enjoy them just as much without the booze).
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Chef Maria’s empanadas are popular, as is The Hulk smoothie, composed of spinach, kale, banana and mango.
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There were bouncy castles and empanada trucks and a blowup figure of a giant Marine in fatigues watching over it all.
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Origin and Etymology of empanada
American Spanish, from Spanish, feminine of empanado, past participle of empanar to bread, from em- (from Latin in-) + pan bread, from Latin panis — more at food
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