Maria's Cookbook

Pica-pau means woodpecker, which makes perfect sense the first time you watch a table full of people peck at these...

I already have the bolo do caco recipe on the site, the soft griddle-baked garlic butter bread that Madeira is...

Empadão de atum is the weeknight hero of Portuguese home cooking: canned tuna and vegetables under a blanket of nutmeg-scented...

Hohlioi boubouristoi — Cretan fried snails — are one of the Mediterranean’s great humble delicacies: snails floured and fried face-down...

Labneh is what happens when you strain plain yogurt until nearly all the liquid is gone and what is left...