In Salvador, one obligatory stop for anyone interested in Bahian gastronomy and cooking is the SENAC Restaurant-School, located in a histor…

The Museum of Bahian Gastonomy, Largo do Pelourinho, Salvador Located in a beautiful historic house on the most famous square in Salvador, …

Among the numerous "endangered" dishes to be found on the menu at Restaurante Dona Mariquita in Salvador, Bahia, is an intriguing…

Walk down the long narrow one-way street called Rua do Meio in Salvador's happening Rio Vermelho neighborhood, away from the leafy Larg…

It's hard to overstate the cultural value of the humble acarajé to the citizens of the Brazilian state of Bahia. This unprepossessing, …

As Julie Andrews once warbled, "Let's start at the very beginning, A very good place to start...". So, we're beginning ou…

Salvador, Bahia From time to time since beginning this blog in 2009, we've featured series of reports from various cities and regions o…

The 20120 edition of the world's largest and most prestigious trade far and exposition dedicated to chocolate, the Salon du Chocolat , …

This plant, which yields delicious green leaves that are often compared to spinach and often prepared in similar ways to spinach, is in the…

All Brazilian farofas combine manioc flour ( farinha ) with some sort of fat or oil to moisten and flavor the dry, lightly-flavored flour. …