Gourmet

Quarteira city will be marking Dia do Pescador, or fisherman’s day (May 31), with a special celebratory weekend, including a seafood tasting festival and live music starting today (Friday). In

Executive Chef Louis Anjos from the Suites Alba Resort & Spa in Praia de Albandeira, near Carvoeiro, is regional winner of the Chef of the Year Contest 2012, promoted by

Readers are invited to send in recipes for publication. The Editor will select one recipe for publication each week and the author of the selected recipe will be entered into

One of the Algarve’s most iconic dishes will take centre stage at the eighth Almancil Cataplana Festival starting today (Friday) and running until June 30. Organised by the Almancil Business

This Christmas will be extra special with these delicious recipes supplied by two well known Algarve ladies who share the same passion for cooking. Chestnut Paté by Sally Vincent of

It’s Christmas, and although we are a little far from the north of Europe, it’s still possible to source all those great ingredients that produce feel-good flavours and thought-provoking scents.

Starter: Mushroom Cappuccino 6 persons Ingredients: 50g onion chopped 1 clove garlic chopped 50ml olive oil 150g mushrooms sliced 50g flour 500ml milk 500ml chicken stock Salt & pepper to

By Liz Griffiths features@algarveresident.com Liz Griffiths recently moved to the Algarve, after finishing her degree in Journalism and Editorial Design in the UK. She joined the Algarve Resident to assist

What do you get when you mix Mozart, theatre and chocolate? Opéra Buffa, an unusual comic opera coming to the Algarve next month. Combining classical music, singing, theatre and gourmet

By Patrick Stuart Sauvingnon Blanc This column would usually be reserved strictly for Portuguese wines but this week we are bending the rules in homage to a Portuguese winemaker who