Migas alentejanas are the Alentejo’s answer to stuffing, polenta and Yorkshire pudding all at once: day-old bread soaked and slowly rolled in a pan with garlic and paprika-rich pork fat until it forms a...
Rizogalo is Greece’s entry in the great Mediterranean rice-pudding family — and readers of my Portuguese arroz doce will recognize a beloved cousin: creamy short-grain rice in sweet milk, perfumed here with vanilla and...
Paella needs no introduction, but it deserves an honest one: the Valencian rice masterpiece is less about a rigid ingredient list and more about technique — the sofrito base, the unstirred rice, and the...
Pan con tomate — Spanish tomato toast — is Catalonia’s masterclass in doing almost nothing, perfectly: good bread toasted, rubbed with garlic, painted with ripe grated tomato, and finished with olive oil and salt....
Toucinho do Céu — “bacon from heaven” — wins the prize for most alarming name in the Portuguese dessert canon, and delivers one of its most luxurious cakes: dense, moist almond and egg-yolk richness...
Tuna and spinach quiche is the sturdier, greener sibling of my plain tuna quiche (also on the site): the same silky custard logic, now layered with wilted spinach and a two-cheese blend of Gruyère...
These are pork chops done the bifana way: marinated in white wine, garlic, paprika and lemon — the same soulful marinade behind Lisbon’s famous bifana sandwich — then pan-fried hot and fast until golden...
Pão doce — Portuguese sweet bread — is the golden, pillowy loaf that means holidays in the Azores and, through Azorean emigration, in half the bakeries of New England (where “Portuguese sweet bread” needs...
Easter quiche is the brunch centerpiece that solves the holiday morning: a flaky blind-baked crust holding a silky Gruyère custard studded with ham, blanched asparagus and cherry tomatoes — spring on a plate, elegant...
Onion aioli is what happens when caramelized onions crash the garlic-mayo party — and everyone is glad they came. Sweet, deeply savory and creamy, it upgrades burgers, sandwiches, roasted vegetables and fries without asking...
