How to Clean a Fish

And Other Adventures in Portugal

AvEsmeralda Cabral

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

How to Clean a Fish describes an extended family stay in Portugal, full of food, adventure, and the search for home. Offered the opportunity to live in Costa da Caparica for an extended period, Esmeralda Cabral jumped at the chance to return to the country of her birth. Together with her Canadian-born husband, children, and Portuguese Water Dog, Maggie, Cabral makes new and nostalgic discoveries—a labyrinth of cobblestone alleys and beautiful painted tiles, a delicious bica and pastel de nata, a classic fado concert, the gentle ribbing of local fishmongers, a damaging high tide—translating words and emotions for her family along the way. Packed with local cuisine and customs, tales of language barriers and bureaucracy, and threaded with that irresistible need to connect with the culture of our birth, How to Clean a Fish is for readers curious about life in Portugal and for anyone who has moved from one place to another and is seeking their own version of home.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-05-10
Mått:152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt:450 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Wayfarer
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:University of Alberta Press
ISBN:9781772126556
Utmärkelser:Short-listed for Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society Book Awards / Nonfiction 2023 (Canada)

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Mer om författaren

Esmeralda Cabral is a creative nonfiction writer. She was born in the Azores (Portugal), grew up in Alberta, and now lives in Vancouver.

Recensioner i media

"These pages are as delicious as the Portuguese food the author so enthusiastically writes about. Any English speaker interested in Portugal will gladly savor Esmeralda Cabral's genuine narratives as a tasty introduction to Portuguese culture's joys, appeals, intricacies, and mysteries. She is well-versed with food, fado, the language, and even soccer, but she has to negotiate how to feel somewhat at home in the complex web of subtle Portuguese ways.” Onésimo Teotónio Almeida, Brown University

Innehållsförteckning

A Word about Saudade Map INVERNO (WINTER) A Harrowing Ride How Did We Get Here? Passport Woes and Flight Plans Around Town The First Big Storm Portuguese Hospitality A Rainy Day in Lisbon Planning to Run Winter Market Days Ashes to Ashes Belonging A Phone Call from Canada PRIMAVERA (SPRING) The Lisbon Mini-Marathon Tracking The Passport Lost in Alfama Fado Concert 25th of April Reflections on Duality Our Guests Matt’s Arrival A Weekend in Aldeia Haircut World Cup Friendly Border Services 1 Spring Market Days VERÃO (SUMMER) A Dog’s Life Border Services 2 Summer Market Days An Inheritance of Loss Fado Bar Sardine Season Adeus Costa da Caparica A Vacation in the North Good-bye Lisbon Back in Vancouver Recipes Further Reading Acknowledgements