Appetizers

My mother's mother grew up on Sao Miguel, in the Azores, in a house close enough to the water that...

A friend of mine from Crete introduced me to dakos years ago at a dinner party, and I remember thinking...

Chaves is about forty minutes from the village where my grandmother grew up in Trás-os-Montes, and every time we visited...

Walk along any Portuguese beach in the summer and you will hear it before you see it: a vendor with...

Eggplant barely shows up in traditional Portuguese cooking, which always struck me as a shame given how much I love...

There's a specific kind of theater to chouriço assado that I never get tired of: the little clay dish shaped...

I was tired of putting out the same bowl of hummus every time we had people over, and a neighbor...

Pan con tomate — Spanish tomato toast — is Catalonia’s masterclass in doing almost nothing, perfectly: good bread toasted, rubbed...

Volcano shrimp earns its name honestly: crispy fried shrimp tossed in a glossy sauce that starts sweet, turns tangy, and...

Torresmos are Portugal’s answer to the universal truth that fried pork belly makes people happy: marinated chunks — garlic, paprika,...