Maria's Cookbook

Marble cake is one of those cakes every Portuguese family seems to have a version of, and mine is no...

Arroz de tomate is the rice Portuguese children grow up on and Portuguese adults never outgrow: creamy, tangy tomato rice...

Bacalhau com broa brings together two pillars of Portuguese cooking — salt cod and broa, our dense, slightly sweet cornbread...

Salame de chocolate is the dessert every Portuguese child learns first: crushed Maria biscuits folded into rich chocolate, rolled into...

Mushroom and leek soup is the earthy member of my leek-soup rotation: mixed mushrooms browned properly with thyme, sweet leeks...