A reader asked for help making a kale soup her late mother-in-law made from her native Portugal. She remembered that back in the ’80s, before kale’s “rediscovery,” it was hard to find. Potatoes and ...

For decades, vegetarians have looked to global cuisines for inspiration. The pioneer was Anna Thomas, author of "The Vegetarian Epicure," a 1972 bestseller. As Jonathan Kauffman writes in his ...

Happy 2023! At this point the warmth and magic of the holiday season have passed, days of sunlight are pretty much at their shortest, and it is just cold. Well, there’s a reason January is National ...

Being raised in the New Jersey suburbs of New York City during the '50s and '60s, I never ate kale. It wasn't that I didn't like it, I simply wasn't aware of its existence. It was only after my family ...

MY PORTUGUESE MOTHER mother had her own way of making sopa de legumes, a creamy vegetable soup I still crave. She’d fill a pot with water and chuck in a halved onion (no dicing required), a whole ...

This is a quintessential winter soup, starring kale, a hardy leafy winter vegetable. Trader Joe's doesn't carry kale, but how about using spinach instead. Wona thinks this soup would also be good ...

I’LL NEVER forget the first bowl of soup I ate in Portugal. It was a blisteringly hot summer day about a decade ago, and my husband and I were visiting Evora, an ancient hill town perched above the ...

Caldo verde is so, so good. It’s exactly the kind of deceptively simple dish that surprises you with the deep, rich flavor it draws out of a few simple ingredients. “Caldo verde” means “green soup,” ...

Unpredictable fall weather is not a home cook's friend. It's hard to decide what to make for dinner when the temps can change quickly from 52 to 72 degrees. Luckily, while paging through Emeril ...

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The 2025 Portuguese Association Scholars and officials include Kahiwaonālani Kekona; Audrey Rocha Ree, scholarship chair; Daphne Lei Takahashi; and back row, Kaiya-Juliette Kapaku; Portuguese ...