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I bet that you got hungry just by looking at the picture above. That is a typical breakfast buffet at hotels in Brazil.

Doctors say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. We, Brazilians, agree. We do take our time to eat a rich café da manhã. READ MORE>

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It was lunch time and I was debating if I should have a salad or if I should enfiar o pé na jaca* and go put those frozen pãezinhos de queijo in the oven. I was about to get up and go make that salad when I came across a website about nothing more nothing less than Brazilian food.

FoodSpring is a website about the culture of food. They have a section on Brazilian food culture, including a nice list of traditional Brazilian dishes with a brief description of each. Some of my favorites are there: coxinha, empadinha, farofa, churros. How could I possibly get up and make that salad? READ MORE>

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Forget ‘Hooked on Phonics’. Either I never really knew it before or I had just forgot, but Brazil is hooked on hygiene (hey, it works for me!). Yes, that´s right. I know that to some, the word Brazil conjures up images of favelas and possible backdrops for children´s foundation infomercials (that open with “for less than a penny a day...”), but the reality is not so. Brazilians are super-clean people, especially when it comes to their food. READ MORE>

Eu como legumes pra chuchu. E você? = I eat a lot of vegetables. And you?

Chuchu = chayote.

Pra chuchu is a Brazilian Portuguese street smart expression that means “a lot”, “very”. It is said that the expression was created because chayote grows abundantly almost anywhere in Brazil.

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Spring is up and the warm weather makes me crave some cajá juice.

Now, you might be asking yourself what cajá is. I will tell you, it’s a delicious, small, oval-shaped, yellow fruit that makes refreshing juice and ice cream. I made some research and found out that in English cajá is called hog-plum. READ MORE>

One of my favorite things about visiting Brazil is regarding the African influence on the culture. The food, the rythms, the dance the clothing, the lengends; it gives me a truly warm feeling inside. Coming from a Zimbabwean family, these aspects of Brazil bring back fond memories of my childhood experiencing those same things. READ MORE>

A few weeks ago I went to Santa Cruz (California) for the beautiful wedding of my student Sarah. Carl and I were driving to our hotel when I spotted the familiar green and yellow colors. I basically yelled: "Eita, Brazilian place, I am hungry, stop the car!"

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I love, love, love pãozinho de queijo. Pão de queijo, or cheese bread, is a favorite Brazilian snack: It is a small, soft roll made of manioc flour and cheese. If you have not tried it yet, please do!

The other day I got pão de queijo mix and came home super excited to bake my pãozinho. READ MORE>

I recently published a post on Brazilian desserts and there I mentioned Brigadeiro. Well, now the whole Street Smart Brazil team has gotten together to show you how to cook Brigadeiro! And, yes, we ate it all at the end :) Continue reading for our video. READ MORE>

I was writing a forum entry in response to Street Smart Brazil members Species and Jim when I realized this would be a delicious blog post. The question I am trying to answer is: "What desserts are native to Pernambuco?" Beware: By entering this post you are making yourself vulnerable to mouth-watering and stomach-growling experiences. READ MORE>