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Spanish-English bilingual in England. To be or not to be is not the question! How to be it? Is.

Having lived in London for over 17 years it has always amazed me when I come across people whose parents or grandparents are from a different country and they don’t speak anything other than English. Often they say ‘I understand it but I can’t speak it’. I always thought their parents did something wrong! Now that I have children of my own I realise that it is easier than I…
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Recipes

Flores de Carnaval - Carnival recipe from Spain

Another great Spanish recipe for flores de carnaval provided by Ole Kids. Around February every year Lugo (Galicia, The green bit of Spain) dresses up to celebrate carnival. Days of parties, competitions and becoming whoever you want to be or love to hate being. My grandmothers 92 and 81 years old and their friends do not give up this party for anything in the world. They cook traditional…
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Recipes

My aunt’s churros recipe - great for Pancake day & beyond

You will not believe how easy it is to make churros! My aunt Tete taught me a few Christmases ago and I can tell you she makes the best churros I have ever tasted! As always the simplest recipes are the hardest to get right but ever since we learnt we keep trying and almost get there! So, although she says the recipe must be very exact in terms of measuring, as every Spanish cook I know…
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