Fall River, Massachusetts

When Maria Lawton was six years old her family emigrated to the United States from the island of Sao Miguel in the Azores, a stunning archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Maria documented the cooking and food memories so vital to her childhood, rediscovering her family's traditional recipes and putting them into her first cookbook, Azorean Cooking: From My Table to Yours.

Season 2 Episode 3 | 27m 25s | CC

Columbia Street is the heart of Fall River’s Portuguese community. Maria explores the cafés and businesses there, including the Portuguese sausage company, Michael's Provision, and the oldest Portuguese restaurant in the state, Sagres Restaurant. Later on, Maria meets up with the comedy troupe “The Portuguese Kids.”

Maria's Portuguese Table