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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 [...]
Porto Food Guide wins 3 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
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 [...]
Bolo-rei: 5 Places in Porto to Buy the Iconic Portuguese Christmas Cake
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 [...]
Green wine: Complete Guide to a Portuguese Wine You Should Be Drinking
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 [...]
The Most Amazing and Curious Portuguese Sweets
We invited the author Cristina Castro, researcher and promoter of traditional confectionery, to share her account of some of the most fascinating finds of her research during the writing of "A Doçaria Portuguesa". When I first began my quest of finding Portugal's sweets back in 2015, I was eagerly anticipating what I would find. Sweets [...]
