Although when speaking English we are accustomed to speaking in terms of butternut or acorn squashes, pumpkins, gourds, marrows, pattypans,…

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

jambo rosa It's been some time since Flavors of Brazil has added new material to our series of posts called FRUITS OF BRAZIL. That does…

In the sparcely populated northern stretches of the central Brazilian state of Goiás, where the cerrado that covers much of central Brazil…

abricó-do-Pará In evolutionary terms some fruits, especially showy or aromatic ones like peaches or perhaps raspberries, are clearly meant …

cupuaçu fruit Although it's as yet virtually unknown outside Brazil, chocolate's close relative, the cupuaçu, has always been loved…

Although the quince tree ( Cydonia oblonga) is not native to the Americas, but rather to the Balkans and Asia Minor, it arrived in Brazil v…

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

When it comes to meat, some folks love beef but can't abide lamb, some love pork and others hate it. We've even heard that there ar…

During the past few days, Flavors of Brazil has been posting articles about those members of the large lemon/lime branch of the citrus frui…

Although the bright yellow citrus fruit called lemon ( Citrus limon ) is, along with the lime, the closest we have to the original wild cit…

The citrus fruit that is most important in Brazilian cooking and gastronomy is, by far, that small, round, sharply-acidic green ball called…

The extended family of fruits called citrus (or cítrico in Portuguese) is tremendously important to Brazil in all kinds of ways. In the eco…

Many of the most popular tropical fruits in Brazil originated in what is now Brazilian national territory - fruits like caju , açaí , and l…

Of all the essential ingredients in the Brazilian larder, one of the most difficult to pin down is the chili pepper. What exactly is this c…

As we mentioned in last Friday's post about the three cornerstones of the cuisine of Belém, the staple carbohydrate upon which the cui…

The starchy edible tuber known in Brazil as cará (pronounced ca-RAH) is a member of the yam family and is one of the oldest of all cultivat…