A Legacy with a Future
A Legacy with a Future
Originating more than eight thousand years ago on the shores of a sea that has always been much more than just that, the Mediterranean diet is today a precious but fragile heirloom.
Heritage
The Many Faces of Juliana
The Many Faces of Juliana
No complete meal exists in Portugal without a nutritious soup. On its 40th anniversary, Pingo Doce celebrates this delicacy with 8 recipes under the name of one of Portugal’s iconic soups: Juliana.
Breaking Bread
Breaking Bread
What do they have in common, apart from being three types of bread typical from Poland, Portugal and Colombia?
Love at the first bite: A case of Pizza
Love at the first bite: A case of Pizza
Born and raised in Italy, pizza crossed the Atlantic and was taken around the globe. It was a humble food before reaching royal households. It belonged to a nation and today belongs to everyone. This is its story, served in bites.
Poland’s Black Gold
Poland’s Black Gold
Coal helped Poland achieve economic independence and still plays a determinant role in the country’s development, dominating its energy mix. How will this affair face the challenges of an energy transition?
Lost Green World
Lost Green World
Coveted for their colour, size and transparency, Colombian emeralds attract buyers from all over the world. When was the “green spell” born? This is the history behind the legendary precious stone’s success.
Lithium, the new White Gold
Lithium, the new White Gold
Lithium has always been around, but the clean energy revolution in the automotive sector made it the metal of the future. Portugal, which has the 6th largest reserves of lithium in the world, is now on the radar of several international companies thirsty for seizing the opportunity.
Colombia’s Indigenous Languages
Colombia’s Indigenous Languages
In addition to Spanish, other 70 languages can be heard in Colombia. Chair Professor of Indigenous Languages in Latin America Hortensia Estrada Ramírez tells us what, apart from their recognition, has been done to preserve this intangible wealth in recent years.
Hidden Wonders
Hidden Wonders
When Mother Nature, History and Gastronomy meet underneath the ground, the result is a unique flavour, seasoned with the taste of generations. As deep as a secret.
Portugal’s oldest and most loved Cheese @Jerónimo Martins
Portugal’s oldest and most loved Cheese @Jerónimo Martins
Made exclusively with milk from Bordaleira breed sheep, the Serra da Estrela cheese is highly prized not just in Portugal, but also abroad.
225 years of Polish food history
225 years of Polish food history
We have begun rediscovering the advantages of forgotten varieties of food, such as spelt and emmer wheat and started using older fruit and vegetable varieties.
Colombian Cuisine in the past, present and future
Colombian Cuisine in the past, present and future
Colombian cuisine today is a culinary blend where the indigenous stove, the African stove and the Spanish stove have each brought preparation techniques, conservation systems, tools, utensils, beliefs and customs.
Portuguese trade and eating habits over the last two centuries
Portuguese trade and eating habits over the last two centuries
In the 18th century Queen Mary was on the throne of Portugal and the festivities for her acclamation culminated in a magnificent banquet. The full menu is unknown, but the record of expenses reveals that meat was the predominant item on the table.