Friday, November 20, 2009

'Torrons' and the like

Some words that have to do with 'cakes'  and 'torrons', for those of you who have a sweet tooth:

'torró' = a sweet rather like nougat which is eaten particularly around Christmas. It has Arabic origins and is made of honey, egg whites, almonds and hazelnuts.There are two traditional varieties: alicante which is hard and contains whole almonds, and, jijona, which is soft and made from crushed almonds.

So, we could translate it as nougat 


Bakery = 'forn', but you can also have cakes there
pastry shop = similar to 'forn' but more emphasis on cakes, pastry, etc.

Apart from the two above, we have other options for 'pastisseria' - concepts in English are not so 'clear-cut'. Follow the links and find out!

confectioner's or confectionery store
patissier
cake shop

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