Since it was constructed over 100 years ago, Fortaleza's central food and produce market, the Mercado São Sebastião has grown and pros…

To wrap up Flavors of Brazil's series of posts on Brazilian beach-style soup recipes, we're posting one of the most traditional as …

Brazilian beach-style soups , whether eaten on a hot summer's day on the beach, or at home on a cold and damp winter's day, are mar…

There's something uniquely appealing about mashed vegetables - which is probably why they're often atop lists of favorite "com…

(First off, a note for students who are just beginning to study Portuguese. This is not a recipe for shimp in a strawberry! The word for st…

When you think of squashes, what comes to mind first - main course or dessert? We'd bet that for the majority of our readers, squash br…

Capixaba chef Sylvia Lis, using the Italian traditions of the mountainous interior of the state of Espírito Santo, combines left-over roast…

This post should by all rights have been published yesterday, at least if the majority of Flavors of Brazil 's readers were in Brazil. …

Just like North Americans do, most Brazilians eat turkey for their big Christmas celebration meal. That makes sense - after all the turkey …

As with many other foods, lobster cooked and served simply is often the best - better than when hidden in a thick cream sauce or a spicy to…

It's a safe bet that the majority of this blog's readers never expected to find a recipe that included sauerkraut in a blog dedicat…

Most recipes for duck, whether Brazilian or not, can be made using either domesticated farmyard ducks - the big white ones - or with wild d…

As promised in Wednesday's post about ducks ( pato or marreco in Portuguese) in Brazilian cooking, Flavors of Brazil is offering up s…

Although chickens are by far the most-commonly consumed poultry species in Brazil, just like everywhere else, they aren't the only bird…

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

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

We're wrapping up our trip of recipes from the Brazilian state of Paraíba with a dessert that's not only typical of the state that …

After yesterday's recipe for a shrimp cocktail first course , our three-recipe homage to Chico César continues with this substantial m…

The small northeastern state of Paraíba (home of Chico César , subject of yesterday's homage on Flavors of Brazil ) is a longish narrow…

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…