Pasteles come in several varieties, including pastel de arroz, pastel de yuca, and pastel de plátano ... Although the first recipes for pasteles didn’t appear in cookbooks until the 1930s ...

Stock simmered on the stove, and yuca and plantains were mashed ... feasting on tender chicken and pork pasteles, arroz con gandules, rellenos de plátanos, budin de pan, and much more, all ...