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VIDEO: Watch El Super Pan’s Hector Santiago make turkey empanadas

Hector Santiago, chef and owner of El Super Pan, shows us how to make his empanadas de pavo with cranberry-chipotle sauce using Thanksgiving dinner leftovers. (Erica A. Hernandez/AJC)

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Members of the conversion crew take a break as the main scoreboard is lowered to the floor to be worked on as the arena gets ready for the next concert at State Farm Arena, Thursday, October 2, 2025, in Atlanta. The crew was working on creating a stage for the Friday, Oct. 3 Maxwell concert. (Jason Getz/AJC)

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