Bacalhau com broa brings together two pillars of Portuguese cooking — salt cod and broa, our dense, slightly sweet cornbread...
Read moreDetailsMexican picadillo is comfort in a skillet: ground beef simmered with potatoes, tomato sauce and warm spices until everything melds...
Read moreDetailsPosta à Mirandesa is Trás-os-Montes on a plate: a thick, well-marbled veal steak, nothing but coarse salt and hot embers,...
Read moreDetailsKhao poon is the soup I crave on gray days: a spicy Lao red curry broth with coconut milk, tender...
Read moreDetailsThey say Portugal has more than a thousand ways to cook bacalhau — one for every day of the year...
Read moreDetailsLulas recheadas are one of those dishes that make guests think you trained somewhere fancy: squid tubes stuffed with a...
Read moreDetailsAsk a room of Portuguese people to name the ultimate comfort bacalhau dish and bacalhau com natas wins by acclamation:...
Read moreDetailsBitoque is Portugal’s everyday steak plate: a thin, garlicky steak crowned with a fried egg, served alongside fries, rice and...
Read moreDetailsIf Porto had to choose one dish to represent it, the francesinha would win by a landslide. It was born...
Read moreDetailsCarne de porco à Alentejana brings together the best of land and sea in a single dish: cubes of marinated...
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