Continuing my exploration of Portuguese food, the next stop was Churrasqueira Ribatejo in Ossining. The fluffiest, best Portuguese rolls ever were already on the table, all the welcome we needed.

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 ...

Cod fish cakes, picanha and other Portuguese specialties are now being served at a familiar Freemansburg building. Portugalia BBQ, a full-service restaurant offering authentic Portuguese cuisine, ...

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 ...

Codfish Cakes, or Bolinhos de Bacalhau, could be a good snack item to serve for a World Cup viewing party as the U.S. takes on Portugal. When I toured Portugal a few years ago, I was drawn to the ...

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 ...

Like the God of the Old Testament, salt cod goes by many names. The French call it morue, the Italians baccala' and the Portuguese bacalhau. Of course, the fish is the same — Atlantic cod — and the ...

Codfish Cakes, or Bolinhos de Bacalhau, could be a good snack item to serve for a World Cup viewing party as the U.S. takes on Portugal. (Courtesy of "Portuguese Homestyle Cooking") World Cup: U.S. vs ...