In Alentejo, bread is not what arrives before the food. It is the base, the thickener, the spoon and, on a good day, the whole dish. Here is what to eat, in the order the region itself would serve it.
The olive year is twelve months long and the harvest is three weeks short. Everything the tree did before comes down to one decision about when to pick — and to how fast you can get to the mill.
Portugal grows olives you will not find on an international shelf. Some go to the mill, some go to the table, and one of them has to be broken open with a stone before anyone can eat it.
Oh! My Cod storiesPortugal, taken apart one word, one table and one story at a time.
Stories about what Portugal eats, where it comes from and why it matters. Start with a flavour, follow it back to the land, then take the story home.
