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.

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Status	Returning Series
Original Name	Maria's Portuguese Table
First Air Date	April 16, 2022
Last Air Date	May 21, 2023
Seasons	2
Episodes	16
Episode Runtime	27min
Language	English, Portuguese
Original Language	English
Production Countries	—
Production Companies
Networks	PBS KQED

S02E08

Faial

The season ends with exploring the city of Horta and tasting locally produced specialties. Maria heads to a volcano off the coast of Capelinhos, Faial, whose devastating eruption in 1958 resulted in a new wave of immigration to the U.S. Maria also wrangles bees, and gets to cook some unique farm-to-table inspired dishes.

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