Maria's Cookbook

There's a specific kind of theater to chouriço assado that I never get tired of: the little clay dish shaped...

Toucinho do Céu — “bacon from heaven” — wins the prize for most alarming name in the Portuguese dessert canon,...

Pulpo a la gallega — or pulpo á feira, “fair-style octopus” — is Galicia’s most iconic dish: slices of tender...

Pollo al ajillo is Spain’s beloved garlic chicken: pieces of chicken browned until golden, then simmered with toasted garlic, bay...

Polvo à lagareiro is the octopus sibling of the bacalhau dish of the same name — and many Portuguese would...