Food: This Catalan Coca pastry comes with a political twist!

A typical Catalan Coca pastry made by baker Christian Escriba in collaboration with cartoonist Vizcarra dubbed "Coca del 26J"

A typical Catalan Coca pastry made by baker Christian Escriba in collaboration with cartoonist Vizcarra dubbed "Coca del 26J".

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The dish sports caricatures of candidates in Spain's upcoming general election, Mariano Rajoy, Pedro Sanchez, Albert Rivera, Gabriel Rufian, Francesc Homs and Xavier Domenech is displayed in his pastry shop in Barcelona.

Cocas can be found all along the mediterrainean and come in four main varieties, sweet, savoury, closed and open.

In Catalonia, they are usually bought to celebrate holidays such as Easter, Christmas or St John's Eve.

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