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Folar da Páscoa - Portuguese Easter Cake 2008-03-20 15:42:11 Seems the Easter
bunny has arrived and Easter is in full swing here in the Algarve. Actually truth be told, Easter eggs started popping up in shops everywhere, about two weeks ago. Can’t hold out on the Portuguese
sweet tooth too long or possible chaos might ensue.
Like many European countries, Portugal has a [...]
Gourmet Tastes - Apolónia Celebrates 25th 2008-03-24 04:38:18 If you’ve had enough Easter chocolate and are looking to nibble on something different, Apolónia, in Amancil is celebrating their 25th anniversary, with a week of deliciousness, starting today.
Samples of regional goods, a demonstration of recipe development by Apolónia Magazine food editor, Boris Schijvens, and local chefs such as Siegried Danler-Heinemann of Amedeus, Jens Rittmeyer [...]
World Kempo Competition - Faro 2008 2008-03-28 12:32:22 Looking for something really different to do here in the Algarve, how about Japanese Martial Arts? In a few days, Faro, Algarve will hosting the 5th World
Kempo Competition, featuring 500 competitors from around the world, representing 34 countries.
Photo credit: mamba909
The competition will be broken into two disciplines: Traditional and Modern and will [...]
Algarve Wine Tours - Adega Do Cantor 2008-04-01 09:08:49 Unlike the Douro, the Algarve isn’t really known as a wine producing region in Portugal, but not long ago we wrote a post about a great wine we stumbled on, from right here in the sunny south. What we didn’t know at the time, was more to the story of wine in the [...] Read more:Tours
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Things To Do in Algarve - April 08 2008-04-03 17:32:12 The Algarve Tourism center recently released their Algarve Guide for April
2008. If you’re planning a trip to the Algarve in April and looking for things to do and see, here’s a full guide to make your trip to the sunny south, a memorable one.
Visitalgarve.pt for more.
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Casa do Polvo Restaurant - The Octopus House, Santa Luzia 2008-04-08 14:51:32 What a treat we stumble on…actually have to give all the credit to our friend Rui, who found and took us to the little gem last summer. Otherwise, we would have never found this spot, that we now frequent whenever we’re in Tavira.
Their number isn’t listed, and the number I did find took some work [...] Read more:Polvo
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Porca de Murça - Douro Tinto 2005 2008-04-10 18:09:51 Some days picking out a wine takes a lot of contemplation, other times its a quick grab, and hope for the best. Recently, with guest about to arrive and no time to prepare, I made a quick dash to the new and very hip Pingo Doce supermarket, in Faro - my mission, wine [...]
Pasteis de Bacalhau - Portuguese Codfish Cakes 2008-04-16 15:17:14 For some reason, I have an image imprinted on my mind that Pasteis de Bacalhau are the perfect snack - appetizer, tapa, picknick food, and all around great fast bite. I’m also discovering, I don’t make them often enough.
With summer around the corner, I’m thinking this is going to be a recipe I’ll be [...] Read more:Portuguese
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Quinta da Esperanca - Alentejo Wine 2008-04-18 03:12:48 I have a bit of a love hate relationship with wines from the Alentejo right now. There are so many of them; I couldn’t possibly keep up unless I developed a habit. Plus, most of the time, my palette just fancies trying different regions, and considering Portugal is full of wine regions, its hardly a [...]
Sushi Ya Restaurant 2008-04-24 08:53:00 When we first moved to the Algarve, there wasn’t a Japanese restaurant in sight. This was a sad thought for sushi lovers like us, so we resigned ourselves to making it at home. Then one day while driving through downtown Faro, we spotted what appeared to be a mirage….a small, new van with the [...] Read more:Sushi
Caracóis - Portuguese Snails 2008-05-02 08:46:43 The French call them Escargot, we call them Caracóis - they’re not the same type of snail, nor do we bathe them in butter like the French, but they’re equally delicious, and right now they’re available in restaurants across the country.
I’m pretty sure every culture around the globe has some sort of food that [...] Read more:Portuguese
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Things to do Algarve - May 08 2008-05-04 05:45:53 May has arrived! This is the month Mother nature makes the Algarve glow, with beautiful sunshine and incredibly warm days, so it’s time to say goodbye to the chilly days and bring on the heat!
(credit: Nuno Barreto)
It’s also the month we start seeing a lot of pale hibernating bodies (locals and tourists alike) popping [...]
Semana Académica 2008 2008-05-09 16:08:00 Loud music, dark capes, dancing, excitement, and lots of party drinks – can only mean one thing: It’s Semana Académica 2008, from May 8th to the 17th, in Faro, Algarve!
The student festival (Semana Académica da Universidade do Algarve), is organized every year by students and attracts thousands of party goers, popular DJ’s and musician’s from [...]
Car Boot Sale - Feira Sobre Rodas 2008-05-13 10:16:14 Well I have to say, I’ve never been to a Boot Sale unless it was of course for the kind you put on your feet, but this idea sounds quite interesting. When I lived in Canada, garage sales were quite popular in spring and summer; this is basically the same thing but on wheels, [...] Read more:Rodas
Tarvira Seafood Festival - Gastronomia do Mar 2008-05-18 02:21:37 If you love fish and seafood, there’s an event happening in the historic town of Tavria you really shouldn’t miss. Sixteen local restaurants in Tavira will take part in this year’s Seafood festival. If eating fresh caught seafood wasn’t enough, sounds like there is also an “Ocean Weekend” to be given away, [...] Read more:Festival
Traveling 2.0 2008-05-21 16:48:04 We were recently at a Social Media conference in Geneva, “Going-Solo”, that brought home the point of how social the web has become, how truly connected we all are, and how that can be a really good thing, most of the time. You’re probably wondering how this relates to traveling? Well, like [...] Read more:Traveling
8 Things to do in the Algarve 2008-05-23 14:24:28 We’ve been itching to put together a list of things to do in the Algarve for sometime. But it’s a challenge to organize a list that appeals to everyone’s taste. Given all there is to do and see across the Algarve, from beaches, historic sites, golf, shopping, etc., it just makes putting a list together [...]
Molecular Gastronomy Exibit - Algarve 2008-05-26 12:07:11 Who said you can’t find funky food in the Algarve?
Although I’ve been known to want for more creative food adventures, seems I might be getting my wish, for a few days anyway.
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On June 1st to 3rd, the Algarve Chef & Pastry Chef Association, will be hosting a Molecular
Culinary Exhibition at Estádio Algarve, [...]
Tarte de Natas - Portuguese Fresh Cream Cake 2008-06-03 10:45:19 A while ago, a reader asked me about this recipe and I’ve been looking for one to tempt the pallet ever since. But the recipes I came across just didn’t inspire, they needed a little something, a bit more dazzle than cream, gelatin and cookies. So I decided to venture on [...] Read more:Cream
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Spirit of Exploration - Discovering a Rich History in the Algarve 2008-06-04 06:30:55 Searching for surer pastures my family, like many left Portugal in 1974, during its political turmoil, and I learnt early on the world is filled with interesting and different places. Growing up surrounded by photographs and artifacts from my fathers travels to Africa and Asia, only made the world seem, even bigger, with endless corners [...] Read more:Exploration
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Allgarve 2008-06-06 07:04:46 We normally post a monthly calendar of events in the region, but Allgarve, (that’s no typo) is a summer event program, organized by the Algarve Tourism Board, that showcases “fun, leisure and culture” in the region, all summer long.
Before you plan your summer trip to the Algarve, take a visit to the new Allgarve.pt [...]
Wine Lovers & World Enviroment Day 2008-06-05 16:41:44 In case you didn’t know, June 5th, is World
Environment Day, and I just came across something interesting for those who love wine and the great earth it comes from.
As of today, a new wine cork program - Green Cork- is launching in Portugal, and currently in talks to go global. The program focuses [...] Read more:Lovers
Algarve Celebrates - Euro Cup Madness 2008 2008-06-08 08:34:40 Football fever hit the Algarve hard yesterday, with Portugal scheduled to play one of the first Euro Cup 2008 games in Geneva, Switzerland.
Early in the day the anxiety mounted with honking cars, people dressed & painted head to toe in Red, Green & Yellow, and everywhere you looked the Portuguese flag hung proudly off balconies, [...] Read more:Madness
Rosé Wine: Fonte de Nico 2006 2008-06-12 16:41:51 There’s nothing quite like a bottle of chilled Rosé to welcome summer, actually think we’re still officially in spring but with such gorgeous weather lately who’s going to argue the point?
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Mini Wine Tasting with Catavino & Adegga 2008-06-18 17:22:21 While visiting our friends from Adegga, during a recent Lisbon trip, we got the opportunity to also meet the Catavino’s, otherwise known as Gabriella & Ryan Opaz. Besides finally getting to put faces to names & emails, we also got to eat and drink wine!
Although, a long drive home meant we’d miss the deliciousness [...]
Monte Gordo - Beach, Food & Wine 2008-06-21 12:47:26 What do you do when you get an invitation for a beach weekend in the Algarve? Well, you pack your suit!
Last weekend, we were invited out to a relaxing weekend in Monte
Gordo, a small town just east of Faro and close to the Spanish boarder. Not quite ready for summer, we dug [...] Read more:Beach
Arte Viva - São Brás de Alportel 2008-07-11 08:42:03 As a lover of all things artsy and creative, I was thrilled to hear about this show, Arte Viva.
Exactly what it sounds like, Arte Viva is Live Art happening right in front of you. On July 12-13, more than 30 artists, in the areas of sculpture, painting, illustration, ceramics, photography, jewelry, rug work, [...]
International Surfing Championship - Algarve 2008-07-09 08:10:30 Hunting for the perfect wave, or just enough courage to watch? Either way, the best surfers from around the world are in Sagres this weekend, where the International
Buondi Pro Junior Championship is now under way.
(Photo Credit: Tarotastic)
The championship started off with the men’s under 20 challenge in Praia do Amado, and includes both pro [...] Read more:Surfing
Algarve 15th Annual - Classic Car Show 2008-07-04 08:41:27 Does your heart miss a beat for gorgeous hunks of metal? Well, if your passion is stoked, by big toys from another place and time, than the annual classic car show happening this weekend in the Algarve, might just be the place for you.
(credit: Georgie Sharp)
Beautiful classics from 1913 to 1978, the likes of [...] Read more:Annual
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Conquilhas! 2008-07-03 07:55:23 There is something about these little wedge shell clams that makes them addictive, kind of like the peanut of the nut family. Eat one and suddenly you want the entire pot to yourself, but there’s something wonderfully sinister about sharing them, and feeling like your getting the lions share. If you’re a conquilha [...]
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