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Make my day: Elena's buns / Meixco City

Crunch time

End on a high with delicious guava buns from Mexico’s Panadería Rosetta.

Mexico City's food scene offers plenty to chew over and Elena Reygadas' Panaderia Rosetta, a small but perfectly formed bakery that opened as a spin-off to her wildly successful restaurant Rosetta, is a highlight. Here you'll find the best bits of Reygadas' culinary ingenuity. Namely these crisp-on-the-outside and gooey-within guava buns. The challenge is having just one.

Puebla 242, Roma Nte, Cuauthemoc

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The Foreign Desk591
In fewer than 100 days in power, Donald Trump has upended his country’s historic alliance with Europe, told the continent that it can no longer rely on security guarantees from the US and launched a trade war that threatens the global economy. Reporting from the Delphi Economic Forum, we spoke with attendees with experience at the Pentagon, Nato, the US Army and more about whether the sun is setting on the transatlantic relationship.
The Foreign Desk591
In fewer than 100 days in power, Donald Trump has upended his country’s historic alliance with Europe, told the continent that it can no longer rely on security guarantees from the US and launched a trade war that threatens the global economy. Reporting from the Delphi Economic Forum, we spoke with attendees with experience at the Pentagon, Nato, the US Army and more about whether the sun is setting on the transatlantic relationship.
The Foreign Desk591
In fewer than 100 days in power, Donald Trump has upended his country’s historic alliance with Europe, told the continent that it can no longer rely on security guarantees from the US and launched a trade war that threatens the global economy. Reporting from the Delphi Economic Forum, we spoke with attendees with experience at the Pentagon, Nato, the US Army and more about whether the sun is setting on the transatlantic relationship.

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