So there’s this cliché about the Portuguese that they’re a maudlin lot. Melancholy is, apparently, the defining aspect of their culture, like all they do is lie around singing heartbreaking fado songs ...

Considering that the food we grow up with is usually the food that makes us happiest, “My mother’s a great cook” is often a dubious claim. No offense to all the mother-cooks out there, great or ...

Travel all the way to Portugal, baking these delicious cod fish balls ! Cook the cod in boiling water for 10 minutes. Cook the potatoes 40 minutes in boiling water (or until the potatoes are cooked).

You’ll find numerous variations on this classic salt cod preparation on Portuguese restaurant menus throughout New England. Instructions: First you’ll need to soak the fish to remove most of the salt.

When I page through a cookbook from Portugal, or look at Portuguese recipes online, I am impressed just how powerful Portugal once was and how it brought to its eating and cooking parts of the world ...

Today’s recipe is Fish and Shrimp Cakes. You can think of these like crab cakes but made with a mix of cod and shrimp. These use panko breadcrumbs as one of the main binding ingredients and as a ...