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Portuguese Soups & Broths: a Comprehensive Guide
Portugal is a country of olive oil, bread, and wine. And of these three, usually, two go into soup. Speaking of Portuguese gastronomy without talking about soup is possible, but incomplete. Soup is part of most Portuguese people's day to day life (even though we are eating less soup than we were 30 years ago). [...]
Porto Food Guide wins 2 “Best in the World” at the Gourmand Awards 2019
A little after a month after we were flabbergasted by winning the prize of "Digital Project of the Year" at the AHRESP award ceremony, another piece of incredible news just came through to us. Our Porto Food Guide won two “Best in the World” awards at the final of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2019! Amongst a [...]
Pão-de-ló: history & recipe of Portugal’s favorite cake
The pão-de-ló, or Portuguese sponge cake, is one of the most prolific and irresistible sweets of the Portuguese gastronomic repertoire. It is, at the same time, a tribute to simplicity, consisting of a mixture of solely eggs, sugar, and flour. It is during Easter that pão-de-ló gathers special attention at the table, in particular in [...]
Amass. Cook. is nominated for Best Website / Digital Project at the AHRESP Awards
Our project, Amass. Cook., is nominated for Website / Digital Project of the Year in the 2019 AHRESP awards! You can vote for your favorites right here — and don't forget to vote for Amass. Cook.! It's the 5th consecutive year in which AHRESP — Association of Hospitality, Restaurants, and Related Services of Portugal — singles out [...]
Portuguese Seafood: A Complete Guide
Portugal’s intimate relationship with the ocean not only make it a natural paradise but also a land of navigators and fishermen. The ocean has for centuries entwined to Portuguese culture, and in particular, into the annals of gastronomy. It’s no surprise that Portuguese seafood boasts international fame, as the cold waters of the Atlantic make [...]
Port Wine History: the Tale of the Douro Valley’s Finest Wine
As with any great story, there's a bit of everything in port wine history. A singular start, quarrels, alliances, scandals, tragedies, and in the end, glory. It's ultimately the story of three countries (and many more) that in their unions and their partings created a remarkable oenological heritage. Throughout our tours in Porto, port wine [...]