Cheats Hot Sauces — Where Are We Right Now?
Our first three hot sauces are ready: Jalapeño Lemon, Habanero Banana and Habanero Pineapple. Here’s where the bottles, labels and limited pepper experiments stand.
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More Is More and Less Is Sh**: Cheat Day Sandwiches
From Taco Camarão and Vietnamese pork belly to Philly Cheese Prego and French Dip: the Sunday specials inspiring our sandwich experiments in Ericeira.
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Asian Flavors at Cheat Day
Vietnamese-inspired pork belly tacos, torshi bandari, fermented lemon crema and our next gua bao experiment at Cheat Day in Ericeira.
Read →First Take on the Phở-Inspired Sandwich
Our first phở-inspired beef sandwich at Cheat Day Ericeira: thinly sliced alcatra, hot broth, lime and chilli crema, and a Sunday special that sold out.
Read →The Vietnamese Phở-Inspired Sandwich
A trip to Vietnam, a fight with a baby duck and the start of a phở-inspired beef sandwich experiment at Cheat Day Ericeira.
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It’s chicken... fried chicken
Popeyes, a van in Málaga and how we make our fried chicken sandwich at Cheat Day in Ericeira.
Read →A Place I Would Want to Find Hungry
A long walk through Lisbon, a disappointing burger, and the kind of food place we want Cheat Day to be instead.
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The Tacos We Serve at Cheat Day, Why, and What We’re Going to Change
Why we serve pork, birria beef and vegan Portabella tacos in Ericeira — and why none of them are ever really finished.
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Hot Sauces Made in Ericeira, Portugal — Part 1
Why I stopped buying bottles built only for heat and started making fresh hot sauces I actually wanted to eat every day.
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How Birria Tacos Came to Ericeira
A craving, the search for the right tortilla and the taco that became the first real Cheat Day item.
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The Philly Cheesesteak: An Old Street-Food Classic
How Portuguese prego beef led to ten-hour short rib, pickled peppers and a Sunday Special that sold out in three hours.
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Trying to Make the Salt Hank Sandwich Without Ever Eating One
Following the videos, testing every part and building our own version of a viral sandwich.
Read →How Hibiscus Iced Tea Got Me Into Punch
How a familiar homemade drink made me curious about punch and the possibilities of non-alcoholic drinks.
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