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This Christmas will be our fourth since moving to Portugal. Our improved work/life balance means that we have been able to develop traditions since moving here that we never had time for in England. One of these newly founded traditions…
The other day, I was at a lunch with a number of other expats, several of whom could be fairly described as “foodies.” One of them asked me my favourite Portuguese dish. She seemed a little disappointed with my response,…
Last week, my wife and I enjoyed a wonderful day in Porches, at the launch of some new Portuguese cookery master classes at the Vila Vita Parc resort. For those not in the know, the Vila Vita is a huge…
Pork was never a meat that particularly inspired me. Other than the crackling, I have found pork to be the most frequently disappointing of the Sunday roasts. All this was before I moved to Portugal and before I discovered…
The opening of a new Iceland store in the Algarve has provoked some strong debate amongst the expats in Portugal who frequent certain Internet forums. Many expats (ourselves included), cite the ready availability of high quality, fresh local food as…
Bom Ano Novo (happy new year) to all! This blog has now been operational for about a year. I have found that the older posts seem to get buried and hard to find, so I thought a recap of some…
OK, I admit there isn’t anything remotely Portuguese about the food we chose for Sunday dinner last week. That said, without the mild January weather in the Algarve it wouldn’t have been possible to be outside, beer-basting a spatchcock chicken!…
I’m pleased to report that our big family Christmas was a huge success and all of the food, both English and Portuguese, went down very well! So well, in fact, that everything we eat for the next six weeks has…
My sincere apologies for lack of posts here at Food and Wine Portugal. Being on Weightwatchers is not very conducive to blogging about food and wine – unless, of course, you want reviews of lettuce and rocket. Anyway, for now…
Weightwatchers and wine may seem like a strange combination but those are the things at the top of my list this week. An unpleasant experience with a set of bathroom scales at my mother’s house over the weekend resulted in…
