Portuguese food influences

  Batalha is close enough to Lisbon to inspire a day trip there, particularly for those into history. Most travelers go there for the Monastery of Batalha, because it is a UNESCO World Heritage site built to commemorate the Portuguese victory over Castile at the Battle of Aljubarrota in 1385, and it is one of the most important monuments in Portugal….

  Portugal’s culinary identity is full of references to Arabic cuisine. The presence of the Moors (the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb) in the Iberian Peninsula, between the 8th and the 14th centuries, influenced the way we live and eat in Portugal until today. You see this muslism influence from Northern Africa in the aesthetics…