One of these days I was craving a comfort vegetarian meal. In Lisbon this is no longer a problem, since we have now several nice places for that, but I was in Cascais (on the west coast of Portugal,…
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Alvalade was my childhood address in Lisbon and it’s filled of wonderful memories. More than just the modernist buildings and the multiple services, this “bairro” has now new yummy spots — but some of the old ones are as…
Business and leisure. People tend to claim that you better not mix business with pleasure, but as far as I’m concerned, as lifestyle editor, those two things have never been apart for real. On the contrary: my experience says…
1. Passeio dos Clérigos The shopping and restaurant gallery on rua das Carmelitas was not a favorite of mine at first glance, I admit, but now I’m totally adapted to it. What I like the most about this modern structure…
The best thing about Fall and Winter in Lisbon is that “after the storm there is a calm” is still something we can rely on. So no matter how much it rains and how cranky we are just as…
When I think about my childhood the duchess cake filled with chantilly and topped with egg threads and pineapple is one of my strongest taste memories from then. The pastry chef Clayton Ferreira is from Brazil but he has…
Every season has a charm of its own in Douro Valley but Fall is kinda magic. Listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO due to its unique landscape — the curvalicious river flows through the vertiginous hillsides covered…
The Portuguese cook Nuno Bergonse is still very young at heart — under 30 — but he knows a thing or two about running restaurants, leading a team and balancing creativity with costs. And he does not fancy the…
I have a thing for books — I like their shape, I like their smell, I like their touch. I cannot imagine life, my life, without them. Coffee table books are no different. Heavy readers tend to minimize their…
Shame on me. It took me almost four years to come here… but I finally did it. I’m not alone though, since this Relais & Châteaux property hosts mostly people from abroad and is still unknown to a lot…