Food & Wine
The Porto Santo foods most visitors never hear about
A drier island with little wood and scarce grain produced its own bread, a corn flatbread and wild greens most visitors walk past.
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Madeira Food & Wine
The island’s table, without the guidebook shortcuts
From the origins of bolo do caco to the wine that carried Madeira’s name around the world, this is the food and drink that defines the island, researched properly rather than repeated from the usual tourist script.
Food & Wine
Is the bolo do caco you eat in Madeira the original one?
Porto Santo's bolo do caco is taller, larger and made without sweet potato. Madeira's is not, and where it began is not as settled as the guidebooks suggest.
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Food & Wine
Madeira wine – The toast that shaped history
From ship's cargo to fortified classic: the story and styles of Madeira's namesake wine.
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Food & Wine
Taste Madeira – 10 traditional dishes you must try
From espetada to bolo do caco, the dishes that define the island's table.
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