Milk Bread / Pão de Leite
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Recipes
Vanilla Cream Cake
My mother made this Vanilla Cream Cake recipe at least once a month, always with Sunday visitors in mind — what we called visitas. The smell of it baking was the smell of weekends growing up. I had the joy of making this one with my dear friend Jeremiah Duarte Bills, and it came out
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Corn Spike Cookies – Carrilhos
Carrilhos are one of those recipes that take me right back to my childhood kitchen. This Carrilhos recipe has been passed down through generations in my family, and I love thinking of all the grandmothers and aunts who sat down with a hot cup of tea after making these same cookies — following the same
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Portuguese Biscoitos recipe
Growing up in our home, the cookie jar was never empty — and it was never filled with Oreos or chocolate chip cookies! My mom always had a batch of Biscoitos ready to go, and for as long as I can remember, they were the perfect partner to a warm cup of tea. This Portuguese
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Azorean Roasted Octopus
This Azorean Roasted Octopus recipe comes from my cousin, and it is truly one of my all-time favorites. Growing up, octopus was never something exotic to us — it was just part of how we ate, part of being Azorean. My cousin has been making this for years, and the first time I watched her
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