Gourmet

Almancil International Rotary Club (AIRC) and the Rotary Club of Loulé held their Autumn Festival on Sunday, November 11 at Escola EB2,3 in Almancil.  In honour of São Martinho (St Martin),

Loulé’s newest Indian restaurant Maharaja welcomed schoolchildren from Vilamoura to experience Indian gastronomy while celebrating the Hindu festival Diwali. Owners of the Maharaja Indian Restaurant, Mahboob Khalid, Mummad Azmat and

Running from November 30 to December 2, the Sweet Potato Festival will take place in Aljezur and is already considered the largest autumn food festival south of the Tagus River.

Enjoy a gourmet experience this month at Vila Vita Parc near Porches courtesy of the latest promotion at Ocean, the resort’s two-Michelin star restaurant. Running until November 27, a special

São Brás de Alportel Municipal Market is dedicating the month of November to the medronho, a fruit that is best known for being the base ingredient of the traditional Algarvian

An initiative to last several months will promote Portuguese gastronomy in Brazil running until June 2013. The Portugal dos Sabores (Portugal of Flavours) initiative, part of the ‘Year of Portugal

Ten Portuguese wines have been chosen to feature in the ‘Top 100 Cellar Selections 2012’ register of the prestigious American magazine, Wine Enthusiast. The highest-ranked Portuguese wine was the Douro-produced

Following the successful launch of Breeze in Vale do Lobo’s Praça last year, the team has now decided to create a new concept in a different location. Whilst Breeze operates

By PATRICK STUART patrick.stuart@open-media.net With Christmas around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about those traditional treats, and nothing is more Christmassy to us Brits than home-made mince pies.

Restaurant A Casa do Avô in Vale de Parra, near Guia, and Sociedade Agrícola D. Diniz winery in Arraiolos (Alentejo) are organising an evening of wine and food pairing on