Winter Recipes for our Readers
During winter, try these traditional Brazilian recipes, typical of our Festa Junina (June parties), a Catholic celebration of Saints John, Paul and Anthony. Quentão (Portuguese for “big heat”) will definitely help keep your toes warm this winter. Paçoca tastes slightly like the inside of a Reese’s peanut butter cup, but with a difference More...
The History of Coffee
By Raul Hiromu Sumiya Regular coffee, espresso, cappuccino, mocha, latte, macchiato: If you like at least one of these beverages, you appreciate coffee itself. To understand where this delight came from, we have More...
The Queen of Spring
From Catherine de Medici to Marlyn Monroe, everyone succumbs the pleasure of the artichoke Finally spring has arrived, bringing with it new flavors, a freshness that the autumn and winter carried away. Let us forego More...
How to Make a Lasagna With a Virginian Taste
Ingredients White Sauce: 9 tablespoons butter or margarine 9 tablespoons flour 3 ½ liters (approx 1 gallon) salt, black pepper and nutmeg to taste Lasagna: 1 package lasagna “Isabela Direto ao Forno” (500g/18oz)1 More...
Italian-Style Eggplant
Ingredients 2 large eggplants unpeeled and cut into 2cm-thick slices; salt to taste. SAUCE: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 onion diced; 2 finely chopped garlic cloves; salt to taste; 1 can More...
Brazilian “Cafezinho”
Brought from French Guiana around 1727 by Brigadier de Mello Palheta at the behest of the governor of Maranhão, coffee is still present daily in the cups of many Brazilians. Due to the propitious climatic conditions More...