Octopus 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...
Read moreDetailsSalada de atum is the Portuguese pantry at its most efficient: good canned tuna — a national institution, and one...
Read moreDetailsEvery Brazilian family barbecue has a bowl of this potato salad on the table, and once you try it you...
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