Maria's Cookbook

Every Portuguese family has a carne guisada — the everyday beef stew that solves Sunday lunch, feeds unexpected guests and...

Poulet basquaise is the pride of the Basque Country — that green, food-obsessed corner where France meets Spain: chicken browned...

Toucinho do Céu — “bacon from heaven” — wins the prize for most alarming name in the Portuguese dessert canon,...

Arroz de marisco regularly makes lists of the seven wonders of Portuguese food, and one pot explains why: rice simmered...

Malassadas are the Azores’ gift to the fried-dough hall of fame: pillowy rounds of rich egg dough, fried golden and...