Maria's Cookbook

Queijadas de Sintra are proof that Portuguese pastry genius is not limited to the pastéis de nata: these little cheese...

Caprese chicken saltimbocca is what happens when two Italian ideas hold hands: the prosciutto-wrapped elegance of saltimbocca and the tomato-basil-mozzarella...

The bifana is Portugal’s greatest sandwich and one of its proudest street foods: paper-thin pork cutlets simmered in a garlicky...

Eliopitakia are Cyprus’ charming olive hand pies: crumbly olive-oil pastry folded around a filling of chopped olives, onion and fresh...

Almendrados are Spain’s ancient almond cookies — chewy, fragrant and naturally gluten-free, with a lineage running back through Moorish Spain,...