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The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum is a great place to spend a few hours. In addition to the museum, you can also stroll in the gardens and have something to eat at the cafe. The Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon, Portugal contains the private collection of Calouste Gulbenkian. This reminds me of the John Ringling and Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Florida. When I lived in Nokomis (just 20 minutes depending on the traffic, I used to visit the Ringling Museum often and have strolled in Mabel Ringling's Rose Garden. Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian was a key figure in the oil industry, art collector, and philanthropist of Armenian descent, who was born on March 23rd, 1869. As you can imagine he became fabulously wealthy. With his wealth and love of art, he created one of the greatest private collections in the world and in the end bequeathed it to the city of Lisbon where is settled during World War II. The Gulbenkian Museum is now looked upon as one of the best museums in Portugal. There are two buildings. One houses Gulbenkian's private collection which has works ranging from Antiquity to the early 20th century, including paintings by the great masters such as Rubens, Rembrandt, and Degas. The other building houses the modern collection which contains more than ten thousand works and is considered to be the most complete collection of modern and contemporary Portuguese art. It is also home to the Gulbenkian Orchestra which I was honored to see their performance last month (January 2023) of Return of the Jedi during the 40th anniversary of the movie. Egypt Collection - Having been to Egypt on five different occasions, I was impressed that he had so many items pertaining to Egypt. In 1896 he and his family had to flee the Ottoman Empire during the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the anti-Armenian sentiment in the country and landed in Alexandria, Egypt where they temporarily settled (which explains is large Egyptian collection). This slideshow shows a few of my favorites. Ceramics – Being Armenian, Calouste Gulbenkian loved Islamic ceramics and collected them. But being who he was he collected anything he liked so included in his collection were Chinese, Rococo and Greek. Paintings – his painting collection spans Renaissance to Modern. If you are a fan of art at all you will certainly recognize the great masters in his collection. Furniture Collection - sets of French furniture and tapestries of the eighteenth century. Practical Information: Located at Avenida Berna 45, Lisbon Open from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Closed on Tuesdays) Tickets are10€ for both buildings (please check their website for current pricing). You get a 20% discount with the Lisboa Card. Free on Sundays after 2 p.m. Find out more at their official website. Check our my other Lisbon museum posts! Italy meets Mexico in this sophisticated sun dried tomato guacamole recipe. **This post may contain affiliate links. I receive a small amount of compensation when you purchase from my links which help to keep this blog running.** Guacamole, fresh and garlicky, is a crowd-pleasing appetizer. This recipe adds extra texture with sun-dried tomatoes. This requires just 10 minutes of active time and is delicious served with tortilla chips or raw veggies! Sun-Dried Tomato Guacamole Ingredients: 2 avocados 1 cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped juice of one lime 1 garlic clove, minced ½ teaspoon smoked paprika, plus more for serving Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper Directions: In a large bowl, mash the avocados with a fork. Stir in the sun-dried tomatoes, lime juice, garlic and smoked paprika. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to serving bowl and sprinkle with a bit more smoke paprika. Serve with your favorite chips or even on a bagel. I served it with lentil chips. Recommended Posts
Valentine's Day is a holiday when lovers express their affection with greetings and gifts. It is also called St. Valentine's Day. The holiday has expanded to express affection between relatives and friends. Just in case you missed it, I wrote a couple of blog posts about Valentine's Day. This post is about a very unusual ceramic niche present in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. I first this these in October 2022 and thought they were funny and perhaps a cute idea for a Valentine gift. You can read all about them here. Need ideas for Valentine's Day Dinners, check out my post on 14 Romantic Valentines Day Dinner Ideas. Recommended Posts
Cooking Lisbon offers a variety of different cooking classes. All around Portugal, locals and tourists are devouring little round tarts, exploding with crispy pastry sprinkled with cinnamon or powdered sugar. These little beauties are called pastel de nata. (They are Pastéis de Nata, if you have more than one). Even I've fallen under their spell, even though they are not gluten free. Thank goodness for Gluten Ease to help keep my tummy happy when it encounters gluten. My friend, Christie, invited me to go to a Pastel de Nata Making class at Cooking Lisbon. I said absolutely! Origins of the Pastel De Nata The name means cream pastries but it doesn’t really tell the whole story. Our instructor (below) told us how they came into being. Pastéis de Nata born in the 18th century at Jerónimos Monastery in the Belém suburb of Lisbon. At the time, monasteries and convents used huge quantities of egg-whites to starch their uniforms. Instead of letting the egg yolks go to waste, they began popping the egg cream into a crispy pastry cup. In fact, this pastry was so good, they realized they could sell them to make some money. The basic ingredients for this sweet treat. There were 9 people in our class. So each of us got to perform a portion of the recipe. In the oven they go. Just out of the oven... Just look at those layers ... Each participant got two Natas. I decided to top one with powdered sugar the other with cinnamon. After the class, Cooking Lisbon emailed all the class participants the recipe. Overall, I think this class is an amazing way to get a hands-on, authentic Portuguese experience in Lisbon. It was really fun being able to actually make them ourselves. You can find their class offerings on their official website.
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