A Day in Lisbon
Filed Under Destination Features, Travel Tips Portugal
Lisbon is a fascinating city well worth exploring for many days on one of our cooking vacations to Portugal. Here are a few of our favorite things to do there while on a Portugal tour with The International Kitchen or on your own. You could easily break these activities up over the course of many days as well to save your tired feet, but these are just the tip of… Read
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Best 4 Portuguese Port Wine Cocktail Recipes
Filed Under Recipes, Wines & Spirits Portugal
It's Wine Wednesday! And since we're featuring Portugal this week, we're featuring one of our favorites, cocktails with port wine (or Porto). Port is actually a fortified wine, which means it is produced with the addition of alcohol (a neutral grape spirit called aguardente) during fermentation. This stops the fermentation and results in more sugars being left in the wine. Port is therefore usually a sweet wine and is served… Read
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Food & Wine Tours in Portugal: Vinho Verde
Filed Under Destination Features, Travel Videos, Wines & Spirits Portugal
If you ask an American to name a Portuguese wine, there is a good chance they will come up with "Vinho Verde," which literally means "green wine," but is quite simply a new wine that has not aged. And although it is made most frequently from white varietals, it can also be red or rosé. What defines what a "vinho verde" is, and what does it pair well with? Learn… Read
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Culinary Tours in Portugal: Salt Cod Recipe with Wine Pairing
Filed Under Food History, Recipes Portugal
Codfish is highly popular everywhere in Portugal, considering the country has over 1,000 ways to prepare the fish (and let's not even talk about how many ways there are to prepare it in Italy and Spain, too -- save that for a cooking class!). But what wines should you drink with this traditional ingredient, where it's boiled, dried, fried, baked, and oh so much more? Check out another wonderful Portuguese… Read
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Tomatada
Filed Under Food History, Kitchen Tips, Recipes Portugal
Tomatada is a versatile dish in Portugal, and that might be one reason why it's so popular in the south of the Iberian peninsula. Not only can be a main dish that stands alone, it can also be served as a starter, side dish, or even as a tomato sauce over meat. Check out another of Sofia's recipes: salt cod. Once considered a peasant dish, today it's a gourmet dish… Read
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Portuguese Traditional Sangria Recipe
Filed Under Recipes, Wines & Spirits Portugal
No matter which way you pour it, sangria is a delicious concoction that originates from Spain, but is very popular in Portugal as well. On a culinary vacation in Portugal, you will find Portuguese sangria on the drinks menu at most restaurants and bars. The centuries-old "punch" first became popular centuries ago, during Roman times, when water was largely considered unsafe to drink. While many enjoyed wine on its own,… Read
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