My husband's family does a big seafood cataplana on holidays, and the first time I served them zarzuela de marisco...
Read moreDetailsLucas, my resident savory-quality-control officer, once declared this the best pasta he's ever had, then immediately asked why it wasn't...
Read moreDetailsChestnut soup runs deep in Trás-os-Montes, my family’s region — where chestnut groves shaped whole villages, and where the magusto...
Every culture with a grandmother in it seems to have a chicken soup that's really a cure for something other...
If Portugal held an election for its favorite bacalhau dish, bacalhau à Brás would be a serious contender: shredded salt...
Every Brazilian family barbecue has a bowl of this potato salad on the table, and once you try it you...
People always assume that if you want a red wine drink in Spain, you order sangria, but ask anyone actually...
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