Authentic Portuguese Cooking: More Than 185 Classic Mediterranean-Style Recipes of the Azores, Madeira and Continental Portugal

I have a large number of Portuguese cookbooks (and cookbooks from former Portuguese colonies) and Ana's cookbooks are the cream of the crop! this cookbook is an amazing companion to her first book Portuguese Homestyle Cooking. both books not only give you detailed instructions on how to make some of the most tasty recipes they also give you a glimpse into her life growing up in a Portuguese household and community were family is the most important part of your life. Over the years I have searched for different Portuguese bread recipes to try, some were alright but most lacked the wisdom and experience that Ana has. Her recipes are tried and true and the end results are incredible. Portuguese cooking is as varied as the country itself and Ana has brought so many recipes from different regions of Portugal in to this cookbook that you can cook your way through gastronomical tour of Portugal. The Portuguese have a word 'Saudade" melancholic longing or yearning some of us have this for a dish that our mother or fathers may have made when we were children, but alas they never wrote it down and now they are gone and the the recipe with them. Ana has put so many recipes from my childhood, that the smells and taste take me into my memories as if it were yesterday. I like to bake bread and this cookbook has given me so many different recipes to try and expand my horizons in baking because she has done all the trial an error for me. Cooking is not just about eating it's also about sharing your time, and making memories that is why like Ana's father I try and spend my time cooking and baking with my kids teaching the not only how to cook but the many traditions that go with the Portuguese and their food. I can not recommend this cookbook and her first book enough. Buy both read them from cover to cover, find something you like, and get to cooking making your own memories.

I received this book 3 weeks ago and LOVE LOVE LOVE it! I've tried ATLEAST 3 recipes and they were all amazing! Well organized and filled with recipes for a wide variety of tastes, this book is great for cooks at any level. I've contacted the author several times and she always willing to help with any questions you may have about a recipe. This book is simply beautiful. The cover is quality at it's best and filled with colorful photos, the pictures are beautiful! This book is very easy to follow and with ingredients that any true cook already have in their kitchen. This is the 2nd book I've purchased from Ana Patuleia Ortins and I hope it's not the last! Thank you ANA!!!!!

This cook book is outstanding in every way (except for one minor niggle about the photos being so blown up and magnified) -- the recipes are interesting and beautifully explained. The cultural material is fascinating and the instructions are spot on. I love this cook book -- my favorite cook book this year (and I look at cook books obsessively). Having grown up on an island with a lot of Portuguese influences and cooking I am delighted to add this to my cook book collection -- further it is a delightful, charming and engaging read. I haven't cooked any of the recipes yet but they read OK and will be delicious I am sure.

Easy to use recipes well illustrated

Cookbook for reference use chapters for a paperback by its indexes back. Larger sizes a hugest number of Portugal recipes about ethnic by nation ! Spices “piri & piri”, is idealist to get by here to do entrees !

This gives me an insight into who you are. I love the shared stories of the recipes. Hearing where they came from and how to adapt it is encouraging for me. I can't wait. I p!an on making one item a week. What a New Years treat for me. Thank you.

I gave this as a gift to a young lady of Portuguese descent and she seemed pleased to see many of her family recipes in this cookbook.

Great Product! Great Service!

If you are looking for a traditional Portuguese cookbook and provided substitute ingredients in your local market (I live in UK), this is the one.

Product as described. Fast delivery. 5 stars.

This book is a treasure! It is a beautiful hardcover book with many colourful pictures that depict a culinary cornucopia of delicious food from Portugal and the Azores. For those of you that have never sampled Portuguese food, then you don't know what you are missing! Ana Patulia Ortins has spent countless hours researching and perfecting Portuguese recipes, she has reached out to people of Portuguese decent and asked them to share old recipes passed down through generations with her. She has put this book together with flying colours to deliver the many wonderfully delicious flavours of Portuguese food. She truly is a master of her cooking art!

Recetas muy famosas de Portugal

The book is well organized and easy to follow. Recipes are clear and explanations helpful. A five is probably too high as I have not completed all the recipes. However, based on the ones that I have tried, a five is quite appropriate.