Families bite into crispy churros, kids leap for airborne strands of cotton candy, taco meat sizzles on hotplates, people take photos in front of lit-up fountains and couples smooch on benches.

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But, if Mitt really wants to get in touch with his inner Mexican, I think he'll find that it's not all churros and chocolate or pinatas and pan dulce.

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She guided me to a place where the churros, the pipe-shaped pastry that Mexicans like to dip in hot chocolate, are made to order rather than allowed to grow stale in a bin.

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