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This is a list of Portuguese dishes and foods. Despite being relatively restricted to an Atlantic sustenance, Portuguese cuisine has many Mediterranean influences. Portuguese cuisine is famous for seafood. [citation needed] The influence of Portugal's former colonial possessions is also notable, especially in the wide variety of spices used.
The oldest known book on Portuguese cuisine (Portuguese: Cozinha portuguesa), entitled Livro de Cozinha da Infanta D. Maria de Portugal, from the 16th century, describes many popular dishes of meat, fish, poultry and others. [1] Culinária Portuguesa, by António-Maria De Oliveira Bello, better known as Olleboma, was published in 1936. [2]
Portuguese modernism is found in the works of Fernando Pessoa, José Régio, Miguel Torga, Mário de Sá-Carneiro and others. Following the Carnation Revolution in 1974, the Portuguese society, after several decades of repression, regained freedom of speech. José Saramago received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1998.
2. Francesinha. Most popular in Porto, the Francesinha is a plated sandwich that is made with bread, sausages, ham and steak. Among locals, it is considered one of the best Portuguese foods.
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