Maria's Cookbook

Every culture with a grandmother in it seems to have a chicken soup that's really a cure for something other...

Leite creme is Portugal’s answer to crème brûlée — or perhaps the other way around, depending on which food historian...

My husband's family does a big seafood cataplana on holidays, and the first time I served them zarzuela de marisco...

If you have ever been to a Portuguese festa, you know farturas by smell before sight: long ribbons of choux-style...

I first had skordalia at a Greek friend's Easter table, spooned generously next to fried salt cod, and I remember...