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In Portugal, deep-frying beans is a long-standing tradition. Serve these peixinhos da horta as a starter, snack, or, as the Portuguese do, a side dish.

This dish from my Connecticut neighbor is the best goose I've ever eaten. But in Danny's inimitable way, she simply insists it be served with red currant jelly. Nothing else will do.

An ethereally creamy, subtly sweet, wickedly pistachio-y gelato that derives its pure flavor from nothing more than the essentials.

If you've been to South Africa, chances are you've been craving this dish. Rest assured, it's possible to recapture the loveliness you experienced abroad back home in your kitchen.

A Portuguese classic made with beef and peppers, caçoila de Pico is a slowly simmered affair that's well worth the wait.

Considered Portugal's national dish, caldo verde, or green soup, is a homey dish of potatoes, kale sliced whisker thin, and smoky pork sausage.

Surprise family and friends with the savory jolt of a smattering of extra-sharp Cheddar cheese, baked straight into the crust, in contrast to the sweet apple pie filling.

Sonhos--Portuguese for "dreams"--is an apt name for Portugal's dreamy doughnuts that are as easy to make as they are to eat.

Sweet custard flecked with flakes of coconut are what you can expect from pasteis de coco, a dessert classic from Portugal.