Portugal is famous across the world for its production of port wine, which is made in the vineyards of the country’s Douro region. Within Europe, only port from Portugal can be sold as port or Porto, though the restriction does…
After many years of work put into the website we decided the time had come to let other passionate people take on the mantle and help develop the site further. We are proud to now be part of a new…
A rather exciting parcel arrived this morning. Dogoyaro, a loyal reader of Food and Wine Portugal recently recommended Garrafeira Nacional, a large Lisbon wine and spirits store which has a web ordering facility. Armed with a number of suggestions given…
It’s been far too long since we posted a Portuguese wine review here on Food and Wine Portugal. It turns out you just don’t drink nearly as much of it when you have a new baby! Still, the other day…
OK, I concede it would be fair to ask why a food blog is writing about a ready meal, but allow me to justify myself: We currently have a 4.5-month-old baby, and are in the middle of moving house. Also,…
This recipe is my own, but it’s something that was inspired by a Jamie Oliver recipe in a BBC Good Food magazine from years gone by. I’ve made it a couple of times recently, in honour of my long-anticipated new…
A while ago, we wrote about local food producer Chilli Boy, and specifically their Spicy Olives, which we took a serious shine to. Having had a little more time to try their other products, here are our thoughts on some…
I had a day to myself in Lisbon a couple of weeks ago. Although I’d been to Lisbon several times before, I’d never visited the main food market, the Mercado da Ribeira, so I took the metro to Cais do…
Last week, we took a trip to Lisbon. On our first night, we decided not to venture far, and visited a steakhouse restaurant called Hippopotamus, which was connected to our hotel, the Tivoli Oriente. Hippopotamus is actually a French chain restaurant,…
It’s been a long time since we previously produced a review of O Pedro in Cabanas. I looked back at the old review and found that the Cabanas boardwalk hadn’t even been completed at the time, so we must be…
