'There's more to Portugal's rich culinary heritage than piri-piri chicken, says top chef Luis Baena, who hopes to convert Britain to his country's food.  Next month, one of Portugal's best known chefs, Luis Baena, will open Notting Hill Kitchen, his first UK restaurant. While this will raise the profile of pastel de nata and salt cod across the nation, for those of us more used to Nando's (which is actually South African), it presents a steep learning curve. To help, we asked Baena to talk us through the highlights of Portuguese cuisine, which, he insists, don't include piri-piri chicken: "It's part of Portuguese cuisine, but it doesn't represent it. It's known abroad, but in Portugal we don't eat that much."
Check out the full article from The Guardian here.  Bacalhau, vinho verde, salmonete, pork and clams, pastel de nata....nom nom nom nom
 
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......can I please have your attention. I've just been handed an urgent and horrifying news story. I need all of you to stop what you're doing and listen.

Ahh the immortal words of Ron Burgundy.  What better way to announce the birth of our shiny new wedding website,
janeyandben-beachwedding.weebly.com, which was born at 9:14pm on Wednesday, March 27, 2013.  It weighs a healthy 9 pages and 34 elements.

We'll be using this site to keep you all in the frame about, well, pretty much everything related to our wedding on 7 September 2013 in Lagos, Portugal.  Pop the address in your bookmarks or whack it in your favourites bar and check back regularly for new info.  You can also
contact us using the various links at the top of this page.  And do take a moment to RSVP when you can! 

Keep an eye on this
blog, too, for breaking news!  We'll be regularly posting news and wedding updates as well as a wealth of extremely amusing anecdotes* based around our wedding reconnaissance experience.  Ben is also likely to use this blog as a forum to post inordinate amounts of food photography and cat GIFs.  

Ultimately, though, we're just looking forward to throwing a great bash for you all under the sun and down by the sea.   

Hope you like the
blog.
J&Bxx

*this may be factually incorrect