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
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 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
Ears, and the problems they can be!
By Sue Ogden We will probably all at some point end up at the vet’s with our furry friends with ear problems, as it is a problem we cannot always
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,
Conjuring
Directed by: James Wan; Starring: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston; Genre: Horror | Thriller; Age: + 16; Time: 12 min Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on
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
Coastal Cork and Kerry
By Nigel Wright
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