I already have my Easy Paella Recipe (recipe on the site) for the nights I want the classic rice version,...
Read moreDetailsEvery January, my grandmother's kitchen in Trás-os-Montes smelled like woodsmoke for weeks. That's when the pig was slaughtered and the...
Read moreDetailsMushroom and leek soup is the earthy member of my leek-soup rotation: mixed mushrooms browned properly with thyme, sweet leeks...
Rizogalo is Greece’s entry in the great Mediterranean rice-pudding family — and readers of my Portuguese arroz doce will recognize...
Papas de sarrabulho is not a dish you ease into — it is Minho’s boldest comfort food, a savory porridge...
My husband ordered a poncha on our first night in Funchal thinking it would taste like sangria with a funny...
Celery and leek soup is proof that the quietest vegetables make some of the best soups: sweet leeks, savory celery...
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