PORTUGAL ON A PLATE

Rising up the ranks of Europe’s hottest food destinations, Portugal has an astonishingly rich and varied culinary culture, forged from its own diverse natural bounty and a global larder washed up on its shores via its 16th-century trade routes (potatoes and sugar from the Americas, and spices from India are all still Portuguese staples today). And while the country’s most famous exports have long been (Port wine) from the Douro Valley region, (heading to Belém to sample the cinnamon-dusted egg custard tart at its source is a must while in Lisbon) and (salt cod; Nordic preservation techniques account for the national