Tales about food
and our city,
Porto.

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). [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

In an unexpected twist, our Christmas gifts came early.  The 2019 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards have just awarded our Porto Food Guide as the national winner in 3 categories: Best Culinary Travel / Food Tourism Book, Best Self-Published Book, and Best Digital Book for Sale. This competition happens annually since 1995, and is one of [...]

Christmas season has arrived, and in this time of celebration and traditions, there's a lot of fuss over food. While most Portuguese dedicate their body and soul to a multiplicity of cooking endeavors during Christmas Eve, there's something most of us agree on buying out. It's the bolo-rei (king cake), the cake that colors tables [...]

In Portugal—at least in the North—every time you sit down at a typical restaurant and you’re asked what you’d like to drink when you answer “wine” you’re asked the question: “verde ou maduro?” (literally, green or mature). The answer depends on individual tastes, but people don't think twice and instinctively respond… maduro (or verde)! How come [...]