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Food and wine, recipes and cooking methods from Spain.

Cinnamon lemon flan

Calling flan a caramel custard is to do it an injustice. No mere pudding, this traditional Mexican dessert, from Spanish origins, is the crème de la crème of sweets. Of course, not surprisingly, there are a hundred and one variations on the basic recipe. But sometimes the original is so much more than one can expect, to alter it is to approach cooking blasphemy.

Mayonnaise

Homemade mayonnaise is very easy to do; you will need only egg, oil, lemon juice, and salt. A few extra ingredients can transform a basic mayonnaise into a very special sauce.

Food in Spain through the day

City life in Spain usually means a light breakfast, something at mid-morning, a hearty meal early in the afternoon, some snacking and a late supper.

Breakfast is a rushed affair, usually toast, cookies, churros or some pastry, and chocolate or coffee with milk, which means an inch of strong, aromatic coffee in a glass full of milk; sometimes a glass of juice is added. After a late supper, Spaniards are not very hungry when they wake up.

Food in Spain

Food in Spain is a fiesta of colors and flavors. The fusion of tradition and innovation found now in Spanish cuisine has propelled it to the forefront, pushed into the culinary stratosphere.
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