My avó on my mother’s side was born and raised in São Miguel, in a village not far from Furnas,...
Read moreDetailsMy husband ordered bochechas de porco at a tiny tasca outside Porto on our last trip back, mostly because he...
Read moreDetailsA friend from Ramallah introduced me to sumac years before I knew what to do with it beyond sprinkling it...
Read moreDetailsSome dishes teach you patience, and this tagine is one of them. Chicken simmered low and slow with ginger, saffron,...
Read moreDetailsI will admit that Italian food is underrepresented on this site, mostly because I grew up on the other side...
Read moreDetailsMujadara is proof that you do not need meat, or much of anything fancy, to make a genuinely great dinner....
Read moreDetailsI already have my Easy Paella Recipe (recipe on the site) for the nights I want the classic rice version,...
Read moreDetailsEvery January, my grandmother's kitchen in Trás-os-Montes smelled like woodsmoke for weeks. That's when the pig was slaughtered and the...
Read moreDetailsYouvetsi is the dish I make when I want a one-pot Greek dinner that satisfies both my Portuguese instinct for...
Read moreDetailsIf you have ever driven the highway south through the Bairrada region toward Coimbra, you already know the smell I...
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