Maria's Cookbook

Banana lumpia — better known in the Philippines as turon — is proof that great desserts do not need long...

If you have ever been to a Portuguese festa, you know farturas by smell before sight: long ribbons of choux-style...

Awaze is Ethiopia’s essential hot sauce: a thick, brick-red paste of berbere spices loosened with red wine or tej (Ethiopian...

I have made a lot of fried cheese on this site, from my Azorean queijo São Jorge (recipe on the...

Pão com chouriço answers a question Portugal solved long ago: what if bread and smoked sausage were never apart to...