There’s something about Portuguese pastries that makes us picture them on coffee shop shelves and market aisles all over the world. It’s not the fact that they are delicious – most pastries, anywhere in the world, are delicious – and it’s not anything related to any particularity of our gastronomic culture. Possibly, the reason for this perceived potential lies in a universal character that is unique to the way Portuguese pastries are confected.
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