Facebook Marketplace Chefs Deliver Homemade Tamales, Empanadas and Other Foods

In the cramped kitchen of a home in Queens, Tiana Webb slowly flipped empanadas in a pot of hot oil as they turned crispy and brown — just like her Jamaican-Puerto Rican family taught her.

Nearly 1,800 miles away in Hutto, Texas, Davila Dion pounded plantains into a chewy bread the way her mother taught her in Ivory Coast.

“When you use a blender, it doesn’t give the taste that you want,” Mrs. Dion said, opting for a mortar and pestle to mash the fruit into dough for a dish called fufu.

Ms. Webb’s business, T’s Kitchen, and Mrs. Dion’s business, WAfrica Taste, have dozens of loyal customers.