Pork with Clams Alentejo Style

Family spending 2 weeks in Alentejo region of Portugal (mostly in a house south of Evora with a few days on the beach near Sines). Looking for range of restaurants — both adults only and whole family. Kids eat everything...

Anticipating a year of wine and booze discoveries.

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the codfish (bacalao) and chickpea salad (photo 3). It had a few bits of kale and shallots and, interestingly, no garlic. Grilled dory was very nice and the lamb pot-au-feu was sensational (photo 4). The check included a bottle...

Why a $40 bottle is not better than a $10 bottle.

with side trips to nearby towns and longer journeys to Alentejo and up North. We’ll be in Portugal two weeks total, so we’ll be doing a lot of eating! I’d love to hear your recommendations for good lunch spots in...

I have one recommendation butI haven’t eaten there myself. It’s just worth to go and look around though because the place is beautiful. It’s almost a palace. It’s the official house for the Alentejo region...

, there are many other quintas making some truly exceptional wines. Among them are Quinta do Crasto, Quinta Do Vallado, and Qta. do Valle D. Maria. From the Dao, look to Alvaro Castro’s wines. From the Alentejo, look for...

You may be interested in ESPORAO Reserva from Alentejo in Portugal. I tried both the 2003 and 2004 and liked both.

opening, and joined a line of about 12 French tourists. The dinner was not quite as good – nothing special about the grouper. The house white wine, Alentessano "Alto Alentejo" was delicious. The interior was a bit crowded...

A pleasant, comfortable cafe, with a Portuguese/Brazilian bent, certainly a suitable place to while away a nice part of a lazy sunny day. A dry steely white from Alentejo, nice integrated acidity, from their all...

was in Portugal a couple years ago, I fell in love with porco preto from the Alentejo region. If only I could find a way to import it...

and robust cuisine of Alentejo. This month, Alfama, fine Portuguese Cuisine presents the historic region of Estremadura. Estremadura (meaning extremities) is a region highlighted by charming and beautiful towns as old as Portugal...

As a service to the Portugal-bound chowhound community, let me share with you all the highlights of the wonderful restaurants we found along the way. Evora (Alentejo): We were only here one night, and it was the night that the...