brazilian-food

Headed to Brazil and want to order like a local? Check out this list of 64 popular food and drink words and phrases and try out your Brazilian Portuguese.

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By now, you're probably well versed in the proper way to toast the 2016 Rio Olympics — with cachaça, of course, Brazil's native spirit. There are many ways to utilize this sugarcane-based booze. First and foremost is the classic caipirinha, the country’s national cocktail, made from cachaça, sugar and lime. But the liquor has many other libationary applications as well, like a tropical…

Anya Fernald is cofounder and CEO of the Belcampo Meat Co., the world’s largest sustainable meat company. Inspired by the Italian peasant cuisine known as cucina povera, Fernald’s new collection of recipes, Home Cooked, is as simple, hearty and delicious as it gets, featuring rich soups, flavorful stocks, creamy polenta, rib-sticking pasta and a vibrant array of…

Brazil and Peru are two countries with vibrant, multinational food cultures, and Nikkei cuisine is no exception. A product of the Japanese diaspora, the Nikkei are ethnic Japanese who have lived in Latin America for generations. Their influence on Peruvian and Brazilian cooking resulted in a new kind of Asian food that is distinctly East Asian…

Award-winning food blogger Bernard Laurance has a fantastic new cookbook out, and if you're a fan of baking at home, you'll want to pick up a copy. With dessert recipes from around the world, Baklava to Tarte Tatin has something for every sweet tooth. Head to South America for a tropical jelly roll that's as beautiful…

Ribs are wonderful; ribs are good. It's even rib season — grilled racks of various animals are on menus all over the place...but only one menu has fish ribs. Head west from NYC's Times Square to La Pulperia (or hit their Upper East Side location) for a treat you're not going to find anywhere else.…

Atlanta chef Kevin Gillespie was born to cook pig — this we know. The Top Chef fan favorite and author of a couple of our favorite cookbooks (especially his latest, Pure Pork Awesomeness) is one porkmaster whose recipes you can depend on for a hearty, meaty, smoky meal. Why serve surf or turf when you can do…

We're celebrating the World Cup with classic recipes from Brazilian Barbecue & Beyond, by the restaurateurs behind London's Cabana restaurants. While you've got the cachaça out for cocktails, make this delicious Brazilian grilled chicken. Once you master the technique, you'll bust this dish out every grilling season. On a trip to Rio, David’s old friend Miguel took us…

With a number of beautiful goals, some red card drama and one incredible upset – did Spain really give up five? – already in the books, the opening week of the 2014 FIFA World Cup has certainly been quite a ride. Whether you’ve spent it watching at bars, on your couch, from your office desk…

We're gearing up for the World Cup with classic recipes from Brazilian Barbecue & Beyond, by the restaurateurs behind London's Cabana restaurants.  In Brazil there are many types of banana cakes: cuca, a German cake with a rich, crumbly topping; banana bread; bolo cakes, which are sometimes made in a ring shape and often spread with cinnamon;…

Did you know that the world’s third largest spirits category is …cachaça? We bet you didn’t. Now officially categorized on its own rather than as “Brazilian rum,” the distilled spirit is made from sugarcane juice. It’s the main ingredient in Brazil’s most well known cocktail, the Caipirinha. Caipirinha Are there really five Brazilian drinks to…

Commonly served as street food, these fried black-eyed pea fritters are found in abundance in the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahía. Though they are most often stuffed with the creamy paste vatapá (made from bread, shrimp, coconut, peanuts and palm oil), we also love making them with crab salad. Feijoada Often referred to as “the…

We're gearing up for the World Cup with classic recipes from Brazilian Barbecue & Beyond, by the restaurateurs behind London's Cabana restaurants. Ready for the greatest little cheese bun you've ever had the pleasure of eating? Brazilian cassava or tapioca pão de queijo are about as good as it gets. Once you master the technique,…

Waffles.What's the first thing to pop into your mind when I said that? Did it involve maple syrup? With less scientific thought applied than Bill Nye the Science Guy might even require, I'll go ahead and say that about 99.9% of you thought of waffles with maple syrup. But there's a lot you can do…

Don't let the World Cup sneak up on you without a few recipes from My Rio de Janiero, by renowned cook and author Leticia Moreinos Schwartz. A follow-up to her first book, The Brazilian Kitchen, My Rio de Janiero explores the city's diverse cuisine by neighborhood. These crispy, cheesy fritters are a must-try in your…

Don't let the World Cup sneak up on you without a few recipes from My Rio de Janeiro, by renowned cook and author Leticia Moreinos Schwartz. A follow-up to her first book, The Brazilian Kitchen, My Rio de Janeiro explores the city's diverse cuisine by neighborhood. Check out her riff on the national dish of…

Don't let the World Cup sneak up on you without a few recipes from My Rio de Janiero, by renowned cook and author Leticia Moreinos Schwartz. A follow-up to her first book, The Brazilian Kitchen, My Rio de Janiero explores the city's diverse cuisine by neighborhood. First up: a hearty and easy-to-make soup perfect for…

I was making dinner with a friend the other night — whose contribution to the meal was pão de queijo (Brazilian cheese buns). I had never tried them, but anything Brazilian, especially buns, sounded right up my alley. Bonus points for the cheese, of course. So he whipped up a batch of impossibly liquidy batter,…

Chefs love to travel — for inspiration, to experience the cuisines of other cultures or just to get away from the heat of their own kitchens. When they return, we hit them with some questions — where'd they stay, what'd they do and WHAT DID THEY EAT? Tim Love opened his first restaurant (The Lonesome…

Cookbook author Leticia Schwartz updates the classic French crème brûlée recipe with something a little greener: ever had avocado in your dessert? Can you think of a better way to get started? By the way, you'll need a torch. In restaurant supply stores, ask for a brulée torch; in a hardware store, a mini-torch. Most…

My great (late) friend, famed newspaperman Johnny Apple, has written that these fritters are found in abundance from lacey white dressed street vendors on the streets of Bahía and in particular from the colonial district called the “Pelourinho,” whose very name is a reminder of harsher days; pelourinho means “flogging post” in Portuguese. These snacks…

Before your first travel to Rio, you already know what the city — my hometown — is all about. There's carnival, soccer, beaches and parties. You also know you will visit Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf Mountain. Until the last few years, those have been the main associations with Rio de Janeiro, and that was…