Maria's Cookbook

I have made a lot of fried cheese on this site, from my Azorean queijo São Jorge (recipe on the...

Bolo podre means rotten cake, and I promise that is the least appetizing name for one of the most delicious...

Açorda de camarão was my grandmother’s dish. She lived in the Alentejo, the homeland of all açordas, and when garlic...

Arroz de pato is one of the crown jewels of Portuguese comfort food: duck simmered until tender, its broth used...

This beet and carrot soup is the most photogenic member of the Portuguese soup rotation: ruby-red, silky smooth, and built...