What is killing the octopus of Vila Nova de Gaia? That question has obsessed the Portuguese city — located just across the Douro River from Porto — since Jan. 2, when 1,100 lb. (500 kg) of dead ...

This recipe is packed full of vibrant tastes and colours, the key to the octopus is the long slow cooking which will develop flavour and insure the octopus to be more tender. The chorizo adds a ...

Since Phoenician times, octopus has been the main catch for the villagers of Salema, located on the sleepy south coast of Portugal. And the fishing process has changed little in several thousand years ...

We're getting in the kitchen with New York City chefs preparing international specialties, and this month chef George Mendes is making an authentic octopus dish from Portugal. Chef Mendes opened Aldea ...

Given its proximity to, and dependence on, the ocean, Portuguese cuisine features many types of seafood, from octopus to oysters to cod. But the country also has a mean pastry tradition, including ...