22 March 2011
Portuguese Chef Carlos Braz Lopes is now world renown for his famous invention – the Best Chocolate Cake in the World – an idea that started as a joke in 2002, when Chef Lopes was noticed by his Lisbon neighborly clients for a chocolate cake that – “voilá” – tasted different from the rest. The […]
Posted in Food & Wine, People, World
22 March 2011
The Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives and the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth are launching “Azorean Identity in Brazil and the United States: Arguments about History, Culture, and Transnational Connections,” a book by João Leal. The author has done extensive research on Holy Ghost Festivals in the Azores and in […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Conferences, Heritage
21 March 2011
The first worldwide virtual offices application for the iPhone, dubbed myOffice, was developed by the Portuguese software company Avila Business Center based in Lisbon. The application, created specifically for the needs of virtual office users, is now available free for all Portugal-based Avila Business Center’s clients at the Lisbon Apple App Store. According to a company […]
21 March 2011
Portuguese marathon runner, Jessica Augusto, made her debut this Sunday at the New York City Half Marathon wining 7th place with 1:10:00. This was her last test in preparation for the 2011 London Marathon debut, taking place April 17. In New York, Augusto stayed with the leading team for the first half of the race […]
21 March 2011
A group of 12 Portuguese universities honored Dr.Wei Zhao, President of the University of Macau, with the degree of doctor “honoris causa” in recognition for his achievements as an educator and also for the reforms he has implemented at the University of Macau. The ceremony took place on March 20 at the Lisbon Academy of […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Education, Macau, People
21 March 2011
The Advisory Board for the Portuguese General Consulate in Newark, NJ, organized a forum on “Educação e Solidariedade” on March 19th at the Casa do Ribatejo in the city. Two panels discussed issues relating to the teaching of the Portuguese language in the community schools and social and economic support for the underprivileged in the Portuguese […]
Posted in Community, Conferences, Education, Featured, Heritage
