Lagos joins citizens’ movement to fight food waste
Lagos Council has joined citizens’ movement ‘Unidos Contra o Desperdício’ (United Against Waste). As the name suggests, the movement aims to fight food waste by raising awareness and finding ways
‘Too Good to Go’ saves 200,000 meals from going to waste in one year
‘Too Good to Go’, a platform and smartphone app launched in Portugal one year ago to fight food waste, has announced that it has already saved around 200,000 perfectly good
Gordon Ramsay’s show to spotlight Portuguese cuisine in 2021
Traditional Portuguese cuisine is due to feature in the third season of ‘Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted’, a popular TV series that sees the celebrity chef exploring the culinary customs of countries
The tastiest bird in town
I am not referring here to my dear wife, but rather to the feathered and edible variety of bird, and the guinea fowl that can be bought deep frozen here
McDonald’s apologises for tasteless Halloween publicity
McDonald’s has had to apologise for its Halloween ‘campaign’ in Portugal featuring the slogan ‘Sundae Bloody Sundae’. The play on words caused outrage, according to reports, in Ireland, where ‘Bloody
Learn how to make traditional sweets in Odeleite
Learning how to make local traditional sweets will be the main theme of the second round of workshops entitled ‘Sabores & Saberes de Odeleite’, the first of which will be
Restaurant review: Solar do Poeta
Poetry on a plate Conveniently located just off the Almancil bypass, close to the picturesque church of São Lourenço, Solar do Poeta is rapidly gaining a reputation for great service
Fat fines for junk food publicity near schools or on children’s TV
Starting this week any publicity for junk food (items containing high levels of salt, fat or sugar) are banned from a 100-metre radius round schools, and cannot be aired on
Shoppers urged to avoid buying Portugal’s favourite North Sea cod
North Sea cod – used so often in Portuguese cuisine – has been added to an ‘at-risk’ list of marine species which shoppers should avoid buying. British press reports that
Meatless ‘Beyond Burger’ for sale at Apolónia Supermarkets
The Algarve’s Apolónia Supermarkets have started selling ‘Beyond Burger’, described as “the world’s first plant-based burger that looks, cooks and satisfies like beef without GMOs, soy or gluten”. These meatless