As we are learning, in addition to a wonderful, goes-with-everything white bread, the Portuguese also make a majorly popular, people-pleasing sweet yeast bread. Pao doce is actually its true name, but ...

Forget chocolate bunnies, colored eggs or Peeps. Portuguese sweet bread is something to get egg-cited about during the Easter season. At Tony’s Bakery in Fall River, an area that boasts a hearty ...

Judyrae Kruse is taking some well-earned time off. Here is an encore column from April 2008. As we are learning, in addition to a wonderful, goes-with-everything white bread, the Portuguese also make ...

Several years ago, I worked for a couple of different bakers at farmers’ markets, selling bread and fielding questions, which were most often about storage. What folks wanted to know was how to keep ...

½ pound Portuguese sausage, casing removed and chopped ½ pound bacon, chopped 1 cup chopped onion ½ cup chopped celery 2 cups Portuguese sweet bread cubes, toasted 1 cup peeled and diced sweet potato, ...

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Her father calls her “a woman of war,” but Michelle Rioux admits she has nothing on her parents, especially around Easter. Portuguese sweet bread, a staple in Portuguese bakeries and markets in the ...