Main dishes

Every food culture has its fried chicken, and Spain’s version deserves far more fame than it gets: chicken marinated in...

Every Portuguese family has a carne guisada — the everyday beef stew that solves Sunday lunch, feeds unexpected guests and...

This is the stew I crave on cold, rainy days: chunks of lamb marinated with garlic, bay and thyme, browned...

This is my weeknight-friendly roasted octopus — a paprika-and-garlic variation on the lagareiro theme (the purist polvo à lagareiro, all...

Arroz de polvo is what Portuguese coastal towns do with octopus when the grill is taken: simmer it tender, then...

Arroz de cabidela is Portugal at its most fearless: chicken braised in wine and garlic, rice cooked in the resulting...

Some nights call for a meal that asks almost nothing of you and gives back plenty. Pan-cooked salmon over basil-and-lemon...

I met Kohlrouladen on a trip to Munich — a cozy restaurant on a side street, a menu I could...

Some days the craving for home arrives with tides and salt attached. Growing up, my mother and grandmother’s seafood stew...

Arroz de marisco regularly makes lists of the seven wonders of Portuguese food, and one pot explains why: rice simmered...