Egg-ceptional afternoon with Chef Koschina
Michelin starred Chef Dieter Koschina performed a cooking demonstration on the Big Green Egg cooker at the Curiosa indoor and outdoor furniture shop in Almancil on Sunday, September 23. The
International Gourmet Festival
World’s Nº1 Joan Roca is just one of 37 world-leading chefs cooking at this year’s Vila Joya festival. With 37 chefs making up a total 60 Michelin stars from around
A challenging match
By Patrick Stuart patrick.stuart@open-media.net Gusto restaurant at the Conrad Algarve hotel in Quinta do Lago was the venue for a highly unusual food and beverage pairing on Monday when three-star Michelin
A celebration of wine
By Ana Tavares news@algarveresident.com Offering one of the country’s largest selection of national and international wines, it is no surprise that the much-prized nectar is the theme of a two-week
Mussels – delicious versatile seafood
By PATRICK STUART patrick.stuart@open-media.net Mussels have been readily available from supermarket fish counters here in Portugal for many years, but they have never really been a favourite of the Portuguese,
Apolónia hosts Wine Fair
Leading wine stockist Apolónia Supermarkets will be hosting its annual Wine Fair at the Galé and Almancil stores between ‘between September 21 and October 6. Following the success of last
A welcome time warp
By Patrick Stuart patrick.stuart@open-media.net I would not usually write my weekly food column for this newspaper about a restaurant here in the Algarve. My “pretentious twaddle” (as one reader referred
In search of the ultimate burger
By Chris winstanley Recipe || Having just spent a really great holiday on the northeast USA coast and taking in southern Maine, Boston and New York, I got to eat some really
Family-friendly 5-star dining
Having a taste for the finer things in life can be inhibiting and often completely out of reach for the average budget. Fortunately, every now and then you stumble across
Gold medal award for Silves wine
Two producers integrated in the Silves wine group ‘Vinhos de Silves’ were awarded with the ‘Grande Medalha de Ouro’ distinction at the Algarve’s Wine Competition, which took place on August