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 moreDetailsKohlsuppe — German cabbage soup — has a public relations problem: it sounds austere, and it is anything but. Done...
This beet and carrot soup is the most photogenic member of the Portuguese soup rotation: ruby-red, silky smooth, and built...
This is the salad that lives in my fridge for the entire month of August, right next to the pitcher...
Folar de Valpaços is the folar de Chaves’ equally proud neighbor — so proud, in fact, that it earned Protected...
This is the stew I crave on cold, rainy days: chunks of lamb marinated with garlic, bay and thyme, browned...
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