If you've ever searched for Cozido à Portuguesa, you've probably seen recipes telling you to throw everything into one giant pot. My mom never did. She had three pots going at once. One for the meats. One for the root vegetables. One for the rice. As a kid, I never questioned it. That's just how cozido was made in our house. Looking back now, I realize she wasn't just cooking dinner. She was orchestrating it. The meats slowly simmered together, filling the kitchen with the sm

There are certain dishes that instantly transport me back to Portugal. The smell of fresh bread drifting out of a bakery. Sardines sizzling over charcoal on a summer afternoon. And a steaming pot of arroz de marisco sitting in the middle of the table with everyone armed with nothing more than a spoon and a very healthy appetite. If you've never had Portuguese seafood rice before, don't picture paella. And don't picture risotto. Arroz de marisco lives somewhere in between. The

If you've never had Portuguese tomato rice before, there's something I need to tell you. It's supposed to be a little looser than the rice you may be used to, but don't mistake that for soupy. Portuguese arroz de tomate should be creamy and silky, with just enough sauce to gently coat every grain of rice. In fact, if it's fluffy and dry like the rice you might be used to, you've actually missed the point. Portuguese arroz de tomate is meant to be malandrinho, a wonderful Port