Kitchen without a book

When leafing through cookbooks written by major international television stars, how many times have you come across strange ingredients that are not available in even the most specialist gourmet shops? How many times have you come across, we insist, instructions that are difficult to understand and even more difficult to implement? We assure you that none of these obstacles will make it difficult to prepare the recipes in Cozinha sem Livro, since they all carry with them the aroma of the Algarve coast, thus fitting into traditional Portuguese gastronomy. Handpicked by chef Pedro Mendes, the ingredients are mostly from the sea and the main role was, as would be expected, given to fish, molluscs and shellfish. A bilingual work, written in both Portuguese and English, Cozinha sem Livro is a tasty tribute to the cuisine and products of our country, and also features the seal of approval of one of Pedro Mendes' schoolmates: the singer Pacman.