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Carnival Time is Here!

Carnival Time is Here!

Carnival time is here! Carnival is often associated with Rio de Janeiro and Mardi Gras in New Orleans, but Carnival happens in the Island of the Azores, Madeira and on the Portuguese mainland. Festivities vary, but always include dishes that…
Sweet Puff Pillows – Travesseiras

Sweet Puff Pillows - Travesseiras

Serve  Sweet Puff Pillows - Travesseiras as a light dessert or as a snack with an espresso! This delicately light pillow of puff pastry is filled with the traditional almond egg sweet cream, but you can update it by using a custard cream, lemon…
Pork and Shrimp Sauté
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Pork and Shrimp Sauté

The dish of a Pork and Shrimp Sauté (picardinho de porco e camarao) can be a blessing. Sometimes during the business of preparing pies and do ahead dishes for the holiday meal, we need to make something satisfying to eat. Serve this with rice…
Holidays

Holidays

Meals for the Holidays can be boring. Looking for something different to start off that turkey or lamb dinner?  Check out my recipe for Zesty Linguica Spread. Use it as a spread, fill premade filo cups or roll it or fold it, up in puff pastry…
Chill Chasing Soups

Chill Chasing Soups

Chill Chasing Soups are always sought after on a winter's day. I don't know about you, but when fall and winter's  chill the air, it makes me quicken my pace in the kitchen.  I increase cooking up soups and stews, using the last of my garden's…