On the fringes of Lisbon, in the picturesque section of Belem, are two shrines that every year draw hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. The more imposing is the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos, the ...

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...

The use of egg whites to starch religious garments in the early eighteenth century was the catalyst for what is now one of Portugal’s most famous dishes. That practice led to a surplus of egg yolks, ...

If there are two things I know about myself, it’s that I hate crowds, and I hate hype. And yet, here I am, writing about one of Lisbon’s most-hyped exports: Portuguese egg custard tarts, or pastéis de ...

An unlikely dessert is on its way to becoming as ubiquitous as the croissant. Not long ago an authentic pastel de nata, the diminutive egg-custard tart with a crispy crust, required a trip to Portugal ...