Fall River, Massachusetts
maria's portuguese table

Columbia Street is the heart of Fall River's Portuguese community. Maria explores the cafes and business there, then heads to meet up with comedy troupe "Portuguese Kids" founders Brian and Derek. The men are globally known for their take on growing up Portuguese in America, but their love for their roots is shown as they join their mothers in the kitchen to sit with Maria and reminisce. Maria also experiences fine dining at the oldest Portuguese restaurant in the state, Sagres Restaurant. Brothers Victor and Manuel show Maria a few of their famous dishes now in it's second generation of Portuguese family ownership and a Columbia Street institution.

Duration: 27 minutes and 24 seconds

Episode Number: 203

About Maria's Portuguese Table:

When Maria Lawton was six years old her family emigrated to the United States from the island of Sao Miguel in the Azores, a stunning archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

Maria documented the cooking and food memories so vital to her childhood, rediscovering her family's traditional recipes and putting them into her first cookbook, Azorean Cooking: From My Table to Yours.

As a complement to her book, Maria blends her love of Portuguese food, traditions, and culture with the cooking and travel series "Maria's Portuguese Table".

In this first series she goes on an 8-part food and travel odyssey starting in Rhode Island USA to Sao Miguel Azores, to California.

Rediscover one of the world's oldest cultures with her!


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Thu, Jan 22 9:00 A.M. Sao Jorge and Pico     NH Create (11.4)
Thu, Jan 22 12:00 P.M. Sao Jorge and Pico     NH Create (11.4)
Thu, Jan 22 4:00 P.M. Sao Jorge and Pico     NH Create (11.4)
Fri, Jan 23 3:00 A.M. Sao Jorge and Pico     NH Create (11.4)
Sat, Jan 24 2:00 P.M. New Bedford, Massachusetts     NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Jan 25 12:00 A.M. Sao Jorge and Pico     NH Create (11.4)
Thu, Jan 29 9:00 A.M. Faial     NH Create (11.4)
Thu, Jan 29 12:00 P.M. Faial     NH Create (11.4)
Thu, Jan 29 4:00 P.M. Faial     NH Create (11.4)
Fri, Jan 30 3:00 A.M. Faial     NH Create (11.4)
Sat, Jan 31 2:00 P.M. Terceira, Azores     NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Feb 1 12:00 A.M. Faial     NH Create (11.4)
Sat, Feb 7 2:00 P.M. Sao Jorge, Azores     NHPBS (11.1)
Sat, Feb 14 2:00 P.M. Sao Jorge and Pico     NHPBS (11.1)
Sat, Feb 21 2:00 P.M. Faial     NHPBS (11.1)


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