Madeira, Our Final Stop!

October 25, 2021.Reading time 18 minutes.

When visiting your family takes you to a beautiful destination, you must go (you must go, regardless). This was the case with our most recent visit to Madeira islands, current home to my parents. This was our final stop in this european trip. Madeira is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal, the other […]

Family Recipes

June 25, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

With cancelled travel plans and stay-at-home mandates, I found myself trying to find a project to keep me busy these past three months; there is so much house cleaning one can do. While digging for a recipe I hadn’t cooked in awhile, inspiration came to me: how about writing a cookbook! Of course, I’m not […]

Paella – Lena’s Version

June 4, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Growing up in Portugal everything we did revolved around food, and wine! The love of cooking started at an early age. Spent many evenings watching the women in my family cooking those great meals for family holidays and events. I also learned to cook, the fishermen’s way, from my dad. I always felt cooking was […]

Vacationing in Portugal

May 16, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Portugal is home, more specifically, Algarve. We don’t visit as often as we would like, but try to go at least every two or three years to visit family and friends. The last time we visited was in 2016. Time to start looking at flights! Portugal had remained the lesser known of the european countries, […]

In the end, what’s really important…

November 20, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

Thanksgiving is this coming Thursday. Like many american families, it’s a day for us to gather with family and friends, enjoy the tradition of turkey, too many side dishes and football. I forgot the pie; must have pie, or three!! On this day we slow down our busy lives, and give thanks for all that […]

What wine goes good with camping?

July 30, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

If you are like me, no camping trip is complete without the perfect wine. And by perfect, I mean the wine I like. Because, wine is a very personal choice. What is the perfect wine for one, may not be for another. I’m partial to old world wines, but I don’t say no to US […]