A good deal of Portugal’s historic wealth for centuries has come from their fishing, preserving and exporting seafood. Indeed, Portugal co ...
The founder of continental Europe’s most western vineyard, Casal Sta. Maria ”Baron Bodo von Bruemmer” was not only a bon vivant, h ...
I have always felt that if I had to travel back in time, I for sure would want to stick to the Victorian era or later: so greatly do I appre ...
The most traditional of Portuguese desserts have a convent or monastic origin. One of the most copied and storied of these made its secular ...
A great mixologist keeps all of your senses engaged and enthralled, while the trendy ones seem like they raided a shop in Brooklyn and dumpe ...
Maybe because of our woeful educational system, not many Americans know that Portugal was a hotbed of spies during WWII. Hitler even had a p ...
There’s a restaurant right on the Atlantic Ocean that’s been beloved by generations of Portuguese families for 30 years: Cascais’ ...
The mysteriousness of Sintra, Portugal even extended to my lunch at the Penha Longa Resort’s Arola, owned by the Ritz-Carlton. I was ...
When Portugal ordered the Catholic monasteries closed in 1834 - following the dissolution of the orders - their bakers and cake-makers neede ...
Cascais, Portugal has been a hideaway for well-heeled — and often royal — types for decades. However, it’s not a flashy plac ...