In Morocco, mint tea is not a drink so much as a small ceremony. Someone pours it from high above...
Read moreDetailsWild blackberry brambles grow along every stone wall and abandoned field in Trás-os-Montes, and by late summer my grandmother would...
Read moreDetailsThe walled town of Obidos, north of Lisbon, has turned a simple cherry liqueur into a full civic identity. You...
Read moreDetailsAyran is one of those drinks that sounds strange on paper (salted, whisked yogurt and water) and then completely rearranges...
Read moreDetailsMy husband ordered a poncha on our first night in Funchal thinking it would taste like sangria with a funny...
Read moreDetailsMango bango is sunshine you can drink: ripe mangoes blended with orange juice, honey, a drop of vanilla and plenty...
Read moreDetailsWhite sangria is what we make in Portugal when the red version feels too heavy for the heat: crisper, lighter...
Read moreDetailsIn my family, sangria means summer: the big glass pitcher coming out for barbecues, the fruit macerating in brandy and...
Read moreDetailsSalvadoran horchata — horchata de morro — is a different creature from the Mexican rice version you may know: a...
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