Maria's Cookbook

Espécies de São Jorge — Portuguese horseshoe cookies — carry the flavors of one small Azorean island in one small...

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

Canja de galinha is Portugal’s chicken soup — and Portugal’s answer to nearly everything: illness, heartbreak, cold weather, new babies,...

Octopus shows up on my site more than almost any other ingredient, and there's a reason: it's everywhere in Portugal,...

If there's one dish that proves you don't need a long ingredient list to make something unforgettable, it's tortilla española....