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Tag: Colares

Preserving Lemons

January 31, 2020 brokenazulejos1971

Though the winter howls outside our new home, the grocery stores remind me of the fact that it’s citrus season…

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Filed under: Colares, lemons, Meyer lemons, praia das maçãs, preserved lemons

Locally Grown

October 11, 2019 brokenazulejos1971

While we preferred those fruits of our Random Garden most of all, we were able to flesh out our weekly…

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Filed under: Aldea, bio, Colares, hortas, locally grown, loja bio, organic, Portugal, praia das maçãs, produce, Sintra

Colares Close to Harvest

September 16, 2019 brokenazulejos1971

On my runs throughout the spring and summer, I ended my long loop running past the vines near Fontenelas: those…

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Filed under: Colares, Colares DOC, Fontenelas, grapes, Malvasia, praia das maçãs, Ramisco, vinhas, vinho

Vivenda Santa Rita

August 12, 2019 brokenazulejos1971

In the valley of Galamares Looking out over the hortas and vinhas of the departed barons and princes A mist…

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Filed under: Colares, Galamares, Portugal, Sintra

HopSin Brewpub, Colares

June 30, 2019 brokenazulejos1971

We’ve followed the story of Sérgio and Marta Pardal, a local father and daughter brewing team, since I took my…

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Filed under: Banzão, brewpubs, Colares, craft beer, HopSin, Mag8 Brewing, petiscos, Portugal, praia das maçãs, Sete Ais IPa, taprooms

The Random Garden: Nêspera

April 26, 2019 brokenazulejos1971

The flavor of a nêspera, or loquat, reminds me of several things. First, an apricot, but it’s also tart-sweet, like…

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Filed under: Colares, fruit jam, fruit trees, jam, loquats, nêspera, Portugal, Random Garden, Recipes

Trail Running

April 13, 2019 brokenazulejos1971

The kilometers tick over like I’m on a treadmill. The tall pines fly past, lined up on either side of…

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Filed under: coastal views, Colares, Magoito, Portugal, Sintra, trail running, vines, vinhas

Budbreak: Colares

March 15, 2019 brokenazulejos1971

The man crouched low between the rows to reach the tendrils winding from each arm of the vine. The vinhas…

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Filed under: Adega Viúva Gomes, Colares, Colares DOC, king cake, Lisboa, Lisboa VR, Malvasia, Mare e Corvus, Portugal, Ramisco, Recipes, vinho, vinhos, wine

Colares Terroir

August 17, 2018 brokenazulejos1971

When I ran yesterday morning, I said hello to a neighbor, who answered my bom dia with a smile: “But,…

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Filed under: Colares, DOC, grilled cheese, phylloxera, Portugal, Recipes, terroir, tosta mista, vines, wines

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