40 years of good food and wine in Portugal
The Chaîne des Rôtisseurs will be celebrating their 40th anniversary in Portugal in style between October 3 and 9, with a series of events involving the best restaurants in the
How relaxing is your garden?
By Marilyn Medina Ribeiro If you saw the column at the beginning of August, starting a mini-series about how to keep cool in the garden, you may recall that one
Beauteous bulbs
By Marilyn Medina Ribeiro Autumn in mediterranean regions is a magical time of year. Following the long summer hibernation, the plant world is coming to life. Shorter daylight hours, dewfall
Luxury wines
The month of September marked 10 years since five winemakers – Quinta do Vallado, Niepoort, Quinta do Crasto, Quinta Vale D. Maria and Quinta do Vale Meão – joined forces
Organic products
A market of organic food products takes place every Saturday in Portimão. Local farmers sell a variety of organically grown produce at the Jardim 1º de Dezembro, in front of
Gastronomy connoisseurs meet in Portimão
Portimão is to host the 9th Grand Chapter of the Algarve Gastronomic Brotherhood (Confraria dos Gastrónomos do Algarve) on October 12, when around 200 confreres from Portugal, Italy and Spain
Gastronomy fair
Over 100 exhibitors will be participating in this year’s “Experiências a Sul” (Southern Experiences), which takes place in Beja at the Parque de Exposições e Feiras and comprises a wine,
CTT cookbook
National postal company CTT was due to present a Portuguese cookbook on October 2 at the Sousa Leal palace in Lisbon. The book, written in Portuguese and titled ‘Portugal Connosco
40 years of good food and wine in Portugal
The Chaîne des Rôtisseurs will be celebrating their 40th anniversary in Portugal in style between October 3 and 9, with a series of events involving the best restaurants in the
A Carvoeiro mecca for sweet cheats
By Patrick Stuart patrick.stuart@open-media.net As someone who loves food and cooking as much as I do, it shames me to admit that I am pretty useless when it comes to