As a teenage Latina immigrant newly arrived in the United States, I remember feeling that the act of making holiday thumbprint cookies was a part of the process of becoming a “real” American, as ...

Paola Velez makes the sweet and tangy pastries on this week’s episode of Pastries with Paola. As an Associate Food Editor, Bridget Hallinan primarily focuses on home cooking content for Food & ...

These deep-fried pastries can be filled with meat, hearts of palm or shrimp, while these sweet versions are filled with guava paste and oozy cheese. While queijo fresco would be used in Brazil, we’ve ...