Presa - wonderful pork
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Presa Pork from Portugal

  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…

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Algarve Orange Cake
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Chocolate and Algarve Orange Cake

It is orange season again in the Algarve and my mother-in-law’s orchard is once again laden with more sweet, ripe fruit than we can possibly know what to do with. Returning home with a bag full of oranges, my wife…

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Iceland in Albufeira
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Iceland – Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal

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…

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