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Manuel shares his experience working at a historic Portuguese pastry shop since the age of 12.
Between October 23rd and 25th, Mértola celebrates the rural world at the Hunting Fair, featuring Alentejo singing, snacks, local product showcases, falconry, and dog demonstrations. The initiative is enhanced by a gastronomic week featuring dishes made from deer, wild boar, partridge, hare, and rabbit.
Born from a customer's whim, it ended up winning over generations. The croissant with breaded cutlet from the Bom Gosto bakery in Famalicão is now one of the city's most iconic specialties.
Filipe Bonina, marketing director at Octant Hotels: “We never communicate anything that we are not absolutely convinced is true. If we think that the truth we have is not interesting enough for the consumer, it means we have to develop our product further.” This is how Filipe Bonina, marketing director at Octant Hotels, translates...
The path of the stars goes through Montpellier on the way to Mumbai
An exploration of the scenic, cultural, and culinary offerings found in the Tondela region.
The 'Boa Cama Boa Mesa' travel and gastronomy programme on SIC Notícias highlights the regions of Bucelas, Loures, and Odivelas.
Teresa Carreira dedicates three pieces to Carolina, her cousin's daughter, and the young woman's passion for Japan. Among them is 'Mundo ao Contrário' (World Upside Down). The tribute is accompanied by Carolina's voice singing in Korean.
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We visited the workshop of Carlos Guerreiro, following a period of relocation from Bairro Alto to the Rego neighbourhood, where the craftsman is experiencing a new phase with his usual taste and dedication.
On the banks of the Tâmega River, Amarante invites you to discover traditions, heritage, and flavours. Between taverns that invite popular socialising and award-winning restaurants, there is much to discover and taste at the tables of this municipality, also famous for its tempting conventual and traditional sweets.
Housed for the past 3 years in the Casa dos Arcos, this centre includes sections dedicated to wine culture, a wine cellar, a kitchen, and workshops for carpentry, tailoring, and photography.
Once inside the beach, men and women can only mix again beyond the breakwater. Outsiders may find it strange, but local women guarantee it is a place “free from prejudice” where they “do not need to be bothered by the male gaze”: “We know that if our swimsuit is not perfect, if our hair is not perfect, if we have not waxed perfectly, no one will say anything because we are among women.”
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It opened six decades ago and the recipe has not changed. The spicy sauce has been winning over fans, as has the chicken, which is smaller than usual.
Manuel dos Santos says that his style has changed little in 16 years and that he continues to have a “firm stroke”. The artist explains that he mainly seeks realism and avoids caricaturing the faces he draws.
The auditorium is owned by the Sintra City Council and has been rented to teatromosca, which has been developing regular activity there for six years.
The municipal markets of Olhão are finalists in the 'New Wonders of Portugal' competition, with the final results set to be announced tomorrow.
Second-hand booksellers are disappearing and, naturally, they are only interested in books that have some resale value.
Tiago Macena, an oenologist, consultant, and wine producer in the Dão region, has become the first Portuguese 'Master of Wine', a level reached by very few. The news caught him 'in the eye of the storm', managing the earliest grape harvest ever.
This is how we should keep with us forever the impeccable places that, at a slow pace, we visited one day.
Siza, Vhils, Zulmiro de Carvalho, Valter Hugo Mãe, and Fátima Carvalho are some of the “workers” of the new installation at the restaurant in downtown Porto. Architect Luís Pedro Silva was the “contractor”.
The space dedicated to preserving the city's visual memory reopens this Friday following the completion of renovation works. It was inaugurated last autumn but was not yet finished.
The SÁBADO Traveler magazine launches a new project titled “Portugal that Counts”.
The 'master of churros', as he is known, says that without churros we take away 'a piece of the fair's soul'. The Oliveira family has been selling them for 82 years and guarantees that the recipe remains 'exactly the same'.
A guide to finding the traditional Portuguese culinary experience of eating sardines grilled and served on clay roof tiles.
The Chambel family has been bringing eels to the São Mateus Fair since 1942, a tradition spanning four generations. Paulo Chambel, now running the restaurant, admits: 'I only eat them during this season, they taste different.'
An overview of the project Cristais da Noite, detailing its transition from visual effects work to live performances across Portugal.
