Inês's stories
A pastel de nata, batch by batch
Fourteen attempts at a thing that every café on my street does better than me. Notes.
4 Sep 2026 · 1 min read
The Douro line is a restaurant that doesn't serve food
Porto to Pinhão on the slowest, best train in Portugal.
10 May 2026 · 1 min read
What a francesinha is, and isn't
A sandwich, a sauce, and an argument I have had with every Lisbon chef I know.
3 May 2026 · 1 min read
My grandmother's kitchen, Bonfim
The first restaurant I worked in, unpaid, for nineteen years.
19 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
Fregola, three days running
Bosa, Sardinia, and a pasta I didn't know I needed.
5 Oct 2025 · 1 min read
What a francesinha is, and isn't
A sandwich, a sauce, and an argument I have had with every Lisbon chef I know.
3 May 2026 · 1 min read
My grandmother's kitchen, Bonfim
The first restaurant I worked in, unpaid, for nineteen years.
19 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
Fregola, three days running
Bosa, Sardinia, and a pasta I didn't know I needed.
5 Oct 2025 · 1 min read