Maria's Portuguese Table
From a distance, São Jorge is an island of cliffs and fajãs, but Maria discovers more.
São Jorge, Azores
Maria Lawton explores Portuguese food, culture, and travel
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.
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.
From a distance, São Jorge is an island of cliffs and fajãs, but Maria discovers more.
São Jorge, Azores
Maria's Portuguese Table is a local public television program presented by Rhode Island PBS.
