July is when I buy parsley by the armful at the farmers market instead of the sad little clamshell from...
Read moreDetailsEvery August back in the village, the festa would spill out into the street with long tables, grilled sardines smoking...
Read moreDetailsThis is the salad that lives in my fridge for the entire month of August, right next to the pitcher...
Read moreDetailsFrench salads do not come up much on a Portuguese food blog, but after the ratatouille (recipe on the site)...
Read moreDetailsI'll admit Italian food doesn't get as much airtime on this site as Portuguese and Spanish do, which always feels...
Read moreDetailsOctopus shows up on my site more than almost any other ingredient, and there's a reason: it's everywhere in Portugal,...
Read moreDetailsZaalouk was not on my radar at all until a Moroccan neighbor brought a container of it to a block...
Read moreDetailsBy August our garden is embarrassingly overrun with tomatoes and cucumbers, more than any one family should reasonably need, and...
Read moreDetailsSalpicón de marisco — Spanish seafood salad — is what Spain’s coastal bars serve when summer demands something cold, briny...
Read moreDetailsSalada russa — Portugal’s take on the Russian Olivier salad — is the creamy, diced-vegetable salad that no Portuguese summer...
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