If the Lord's Prayer were colloquially translated into Brazilian Portuguese, those who recited it wouldn't ask for their "dail…

Named after the frenetic dance whose rhythms drive the Carnavals of Recife and Olinda in Brazil's northeastern state of Pernambuco, Fre…

Presumably the Brazilian singer/songwriter, journalist, activist and politician Chico César loves to eat, as his music, his lyrics and his…

Since the vast majority of Brazilians eat rice every day, usually at the mid-day meal, it's not uncommon for there to be some rice left…

Brazil's national cachaça trade show and exhibition, Expocachaça , recently wrapped up it's 2012 edition which was held from Septem…

This astonishingly contemporary recipe is the last one in Flavors of Brazil's trilogy of 19th century recipes from Fazenda Capoava Ranc…

The recipe, the second that we have published from the historical recipe collection of the Fazenda Capoava Ranch and Hotel in São Paulo st…

Although moquecas are associated with the Afro-Brazilian cuisine of Bahia in the minds of most people, there are numerous regional variatio…

Casa Grande - Fazenda Capoava Located in the hills of São Paulo state, only 100 km (60 miles) from the megalopolitan state capital, the cit…

Pardon us if we sound a bit P. T. Barnumesque, but a recent article in São Paulo's Folha de S. Paulo newspaper brought his "sucke…

Properly made, a plate of feijoada , Brazil's most popular candidate for the status of "national dish", is a vegetarian's…

Last week the highly-respected British newspaper, The Guardian , published a lengthy article on Brazil's new place at the forefront of …

Although the article appeared last month in the print edition of Saveur magazine, an American food and wine publication, Saveur's onlin…

If Brazil has a Mecca for the extra-large, extra-delicious sandwich that Brazilians love to call sanduba (click here to read more about th…

Lucas Corazza Yesterday's recipe for Brazilian rice pudding was the homemade original - today's is the downtown, day-after-tomorro…

Rance Hesketh (in blue T-shirt) and his pigs The lucky porkers who live on the Alfheim ranch, located high in the Serra do Mar mountain ran…

Brazilians love to hear the many, mostly apocryphal, stories of American tourists who arrive in some city in Brazil without hotel accommoda…

Alex Atala Three years ago, when the prestigious World's Best 50 Restaurants awards were announced in London, Chef Alex Atala 's f…

Just as French toast didn't really originate in France, the sandwich known universally in Brazil as a beirute wasn't invented in th…