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Venezuelan immigrants bring flavors from home to new lands

Venezuelan migrant Nelson Banda leaves his spot in front of the Venezuelan embassy after a day´s work selling empanadas, a savory, crescent-like bread stuffed with ham, and other pastries, in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Banda used to own a clothing factory about 80 miles west of Caracas, but as soaring production costs due to inflation ate up any profits, he closed shop a year and a half ago and joined relatives in Mexico City where he sells his pastries outside the Venezuelan embassy. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) Venezuelans living in Mexico buy empanadas, a savory, crescent-like bread stuffed with ham, from Nelson Banda in front of the Venezuelan embassy in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Banda used to own a clothing factory about 80 miles west of Caracas, and sold school uniforms across the country, but as soaring production costs due to inflation ate up any profits, he closed shop a year and a half ago and joined relatives in Mexico City where he sells his pastries outside the Venezuelan embassy. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) Venezuelan migrant Nelson Banda sells empanadas and cachitos in front of the Venezuelan embassy in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Banda sells about 80 empanadas, a savory, crescent-like bread stuffed with ham, and other pastries a day, as well as a non-alcoholic malt drink that is a staple at the Venezuelan breakfast table. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) A Venezuelan who lives in Mexico buys empanadas, a savory, crescent-like bread stuffed with ham, from Nelson Banda in front of the Venezuelan embassy in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Banda sells about 80 empanadas, and 40 other pastries a day outside the Venezuelan embassy, as well as a non-alcoholic malt drink that is a staple at the Venezuelan breakfast table. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) Venezuelan migrant Nelson Banda sells empanadas, a savory, crescent-like bread stuffed with ham, in front of the Venezuelan embassy in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Banda used to own a clothing factory about 80 miles west of Caracas, but as soaring production costs due to inflation ate up any profits, he closed shop a year and a half ago and joined relatives in Mexico City where he sells his savory pastries. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) Venezuelan migrant Nelson Banda sells empanadas and cachitos in front of the Venezuelan embassy in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Banda says he sells about 80 empanadas, a savory, crescent-like bread stuffed with ham, and and 40 of the other pastries a day outside the Venezuelan embassy as well as a non-alcoholic malt drink that is a staple at the Venezuelan breakfast table. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)