My avó on my mother’s side was born and raised in São Miguel, in a village not far from Furnas,...
Read moreDetailsMy husband ordered bochechas de porco at a tiny tasca outside Porto on our last trip back, mostly because he...
Read moreDetailsSalt cod does not always have to be baked, fried, or turned into a casserole. This cold, oil-and-vinegar salad is...
I did not grow up eating espetada. My roots are Trans-os-Montes on one side and Sao Miguel in the Azores...
Feijoada de marisco flips Portugal’s famous bean stew toward the coast: instead of the pork-heavy classic, white beans simmer in...
Almejas con chorizo is the Spanish surf-and-turf logic at its finest: sweet, briny clams steamed open in a broth that...
Somewhere around the third heat wave of every summer, I stop making our usual pot of coffee and switch us...
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