Where Does Great Food Come From?

Just like great art, great food can't always be attributed to a specific person and its development rarely stays static.

We had just completed our first Portuguese recipe for bacalhau à brás and it was wonderful - a rich, silky canister of fried potatoes, custardy eggs and onions. But for Mindi, the dish was incomplete without a generous dousing of piri-piri sauce.

That piquant sauce completed the dish for her. However, our Portuguese viewers considered the addition to be …