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This "little French girl" is a Porto icon.
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A blowtorch makes for an exquisitely caramelized crust.
Semea
Visitors can try all manner of fortified wines here.
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A dish of frango à cafreal, a Goan-Mozambican-Portuguese dish that’s the precursor of Nando’s peri-peri chicken, is the specialty here.
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This "little French girl" is a Porto icon.
Porto, Portugal
A Regaleira

The original version of Porto's most famous sandwich is just as good here as it was a century ago.

A blowtorch makes for an exquisitely caramelized crust.
Porto, Portugal
Semea

Rabanadas, the Portuguese answer to French toast, are reborn here with a glassy sugar crust and a center as light as whipped cream.

Visitors can try all manner of fortified wines here.
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Poças

Sample port and quinine-fortified wine at this fourth-generation winery near Porto.

A dish of frango à cafreal, a Goan-Mozambican-Portuguese dish that’s the precursor of Nando’s peri-peri chicken, is the specialty here.
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Taste the precursor of peri-peri chicken at this restaurant just outside of Lisbon.

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Legend has it that a monk hid meat in these dumplings to fool God.

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A town in East France still makes a beloved green-anise liquor born after the ban of absinthe.

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The vines of Cherokee Trail of Tears beans grow prolifically.
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“It’s not just preserving seeds, it’s preserving our culture, our history, our way of life.”

By Sarah Lohman
The Strange Allure of Blue Food

When nature’s rarest color shows up in food, it elicits a range of reactions.

By Andrew Coletti
This embroidered wedding bread fed 130 party guests.
The Beautiful Art of Greece's 'Embroidered' Bread

A museum outside of Athens preserves this fading custom.

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This unusual ice cream has a long history.
The Unlikely Popularity of Grape-Nuts Ice Cream

This simple flavor has a cross-cultural and cross-generational appeal.

By Anne Ewbank
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