Quarteira appeals for octopus recipes
If you have a recipe for octopus that you think is a winner, now is the time to put it to the test. Quarteira is hosting an ‘Octopus Week’ from
Swedish beef burgers (Beef à la Lindström)
One of the great things I love about living in the Algarve is the great cultural minestrone soup we find here. Recently we have seen an influx of Swedish people
Posh, pink and very serious
The rosé wine revolution is continuing apace and this summer sees more space than ever on the shelves of supermarkets stacked up with various shades of pale salmon pink bottles.
Last call for ‘Dinner in the Sky’ event
Now’s your last chance to book a unique experience with the one-off “Dinner in the Sky” event that will take place at the Quinta do Lago resort this Sunday (August
Algarve in August means heaven for food lovers
If you’re a food lover, then the tough decision for you this month will be which gastronomic festival you are going to choose to try the most delicious food the
Premium economy from Fiuza
What we have here is a superior offering from a major brand – a bit like those airlines that offer a class between business and economy with wide seats, more
Countdown begins for Olhão’s seafood festival
Seafood lovers have started counting the days until the start of Olhão’s ‘Festival do Marisco’, the town’s biggest and most popular gastronomic event. Beginning on Tuesday, August 9, the six-day
Seafood extravaganza at Faro’s ‘Festa da Ria Formosa’
Faro’s Largo de São Francisco is the setting for the ‘Festa da Ria Formosa’, where visitors will be able to try the “best fresh seafood the Ria has to offer”
Jamaican Jerk BBQ chicken
To be honest, I had never tasted Jerk Chicken until a few weeks ago when I was staying with my daughter in South East London and they took me to
Ageing Alvarinho
When thinking of bottle-aged whites, the first wine to jump to mind would of course be good Riesling or a top shelf white Burgundy perhaps. But here in Portugal most