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Pointing to another that looks like a black and orange meringue with gold dusting, he explains: "This is a real mystery - we don't even know what it is made of."

Not the delicate meringues or the aggressively frosted cupcakes of childhood birthday parties, but the muscular, memory-laced ones.

The capital’s once thriving nightlife, with its packed salsa and meringue clubs, went dark.

It’s a significant responsibility for young Alexander, and he’s determined to make the perfect lemon meringue pie.

But, I did not have a handy-dandy candy thermometer with me in the mountains and I had never made this kind of meringue without one.