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Homenagem to Fred

August 30th – today I’d like to propose a toast to the memory of my step-father, Frederick Reginald Vandyke III, who lost his brave battle to prostate cancer precisely 1 year ago today, 87 years to the day after his birth 30th August 1920, in Calcutta, India.
In 1961, Fred made his first trip to Portugal [...]

And now a word from Montreal

This next post is an entry sent in from our Montreal based agent, Maxime Balthazard, of Vins Balthazard. We started to export to Quebec in 2002, and sales have steadily built up over the years, bringing Quebec into the strong position of No. 1 among our export markets.
“Philippe Lapeyrie, this kid of the wine world [...]

My very 1st time (part 2) blogging

Eventually, I dove into the blogosphere. I knew of the concept for quite some time, but was hesitant of its reputation as a place where people save their diary pages in order to put their entire life online and then complain about the lack of privacy, or the journalist who proves that they can write [...]

Oven Roasted Shrimp with Mentha Cervina over Tomato and Chamine Migas (Bread Pudding)

Ingredients: For 4 People

24 30/40 count shrimp, raw
4 cloves of garlic
1 dl Olive oil Cortes de Cima
Coarse Salt
Mentha Cervina (reserve some sprigs for
garnish)

For the Tomato Migas :

1 onion, chopped
4 tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped
10 gr. green pepper, cubed
10 gr. Red pepper, cubed
0,5 dl Olive oil Cortes de Cima
white pepper
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 bay [...]

My very 1st time (part 1) blogging

Life is a chain of events. I guess my first one was to be born. And Castro Verde was my cradle. Barely skin and bones, no one was giving me more than a week or two to survive, but guess what where I am now, 43 years later writing about it!
I had an ordinary [...]

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