Season 1: 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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Maria's Portuguese Table

The Wine Country of California

Visit cheese and winemakers in California’s wine country.

The Wine Country of California

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Maria's Portuguese Table

California’s Bay Area

Discover San José’s “little Portugal” and San Francisco’s Noe Valley.

California’s Bay Area

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Maria's Portuguese Table

California’s Central Valley

From a Festa in Fresno to a Bloodless Bullfight in Gustine, CA.

California’s Central Valley

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Maria's Portuguese Table

Povaçao and Ponta Delgada

Discover the Azores’ Jewish roots, and taste flavors of Sao Miguel, Azores Portugal.

Povaçao and Ponta Delgada

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Maria's Portuguese Table

The Farm/Logoa

Visit a Quinta, and then cook with Maria’s family.

The Farm/Logoa

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Maria's Portuguese Table

Maia/Vila Franca

Enjoy the only tea plantation in all of Europe and see how a delicious pastry is made.

Maia/Vila Franca

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Maria's Portuguese Table

Furnas

Discover a magical village in the Azores that islocated in the mouth of a volcanic crater.

Furnas

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Maria's Portuguese Table

Rhode Island

Intro to the series. Meet the Portuguese experience in America.

Rhode Island