Maria's Cookbook

Açorda de camarão was my grandmother’s dish. She lived in the Alentejo, the homeland of all açordas, and when garlic...

Portugal's convent sweets are basically an entire dessert category built on egg yolks, sugar syrup, and nuns with a lot...

Every Portuguese grandmother has an opinion about pao de lo, and every region thinks its version is the only correct...

Folar da Páscoa is the sweet bread that means Easter in Portugal: soft, fragrant with cinnamon and orange, and traditionally...

Frango assado com piri-piri — Portuguese grilled chicken with bird’s-eye chili — is the dish that built a thousand churrasqueiras,...