Recipes for life: Feelings with flavor

"When I was eleven, my cousin told me to make rice with cabidela for dinner", recalls Emília Torres, in one of the texts that open the book "Receitas de Vida. Sentimentos com Sabor", a collection of recipes authored by several users of various Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa facilities. The initiative to publish this work, which came from Santa Casa, comes within the scope of the European Year for Active Aging and Solidarity between Generations. It is the concern to share the experiences and knowledge of the elders with the younger ones that makes "Recipes for Life. Feelings with Flavor" much more than a cookbook. It is a journey through memory and through the episodes that surround each one's learning, mixing with the flavors of fish stews, Valencian rice, the countless ways of cooking cod or the timeless regional sweets. Its reading evokes other times, summoning products from land and sea, ingredients that bring together different generations from north to south of the country.

Authors: Luísa Desmet, Luna Marques, Domingas Lisboa, Marília Viegas, Maria José Relvas, Cristina Vaz de Almeida, Sílvia Martins, Anabela Santos (coord.)

Year of publication: 2013
ISBN: 9789728761974