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Stories, news and behind the scenes of Portuguese craft. What’s happening in the workshops, at the fairs and at Ra-Ro.

Assador de castanhas em barro negro de Gondar feito por César Teixeira

barro negro01.11.2026

Portuguese chestnuts: varieties, how to choose, store and cook them

Longal, Judia, Martaínha and Bária, the four PDO chestnuts, how to choose, store and cook chestnuts, and the black clay roaster César Teixeira fires in a soenga pit in Gondar.

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Assador de castanhas em barro negro de Gondar, para o magusto de São Martinho

água-pé06.10.2026

Magusto: what it is, its origins and St Martin's Day traditions in Portugal

The magusto is the Portuguese roast chestnut festival, held around a bonfire on St Martin's Day, 11 November. Discover its origins, the legend of St Martin, the água-pé and jeropiga traditions and ...

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Assador de castanhas em barro negro de Gondar desmontado, pronto para o magusto

assador de castanhas27.09.2026

Magusto at home: how to roast chestnuts in a clay chestnut roaster

Portugal's Magusto and St. Martin's Day on 11 November, explained: the legend of the cloak, água-pé and jeropiga, and how to roast chestnuts at home in a black clay chestnut roaster from Gondar, pl...

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