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By Elyssa Goodman As a kid in his native Havana, Kuba Cabana’s Jorge Mas ate empanadas daily: a guava-and-cheese version served as meriendas, or snacks, during his school day. Today, Mas — a corporate chef at UMG Hospitality Group, the restaurant group to which Kuba Cabana belongs — channels that dish’s rich history into a slate of some of the best empanadas in the city. There’s no better time to check it out than today, which just so happens to be National Empanada Day. “Empanadas for us are very important because they’re part of the community,” Mas tells InsideHook. He remembers his grandmot…