Cafe com Leite granita, a refreshing Latte

Today’s another big day for Brazil, who will be playing Cameroon in the Worldcup 2014 fighting for a place in the next round. In view of the hot weather we’ve been having in the last…

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Brazilian food : canapé bolinho de arroz and feijoada

The FIFA World Cup 2014 is upon us and Brazil, my native country is the host nation. So many accounts have been reported about the organisation, so many books and UK magazines published ‘Brazilian’ take…

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Gammon and white bean stew, recipe

  Gammon and white bean stew   Beans and meat are staple foods at the Brazilian table. This recipe is inspired by the famous and traditional Brazilian National dish, Feijoada a recipe steeped in history. It’s…

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Salpicão, Brazilian chicken salad

    It’s the season of colourful rainbow, heirloom vegetables, fruits, plants and flowers, like tomatoes, melons, carrots, potatoes, and many more.  These beautiful ingredients are grown from seeds that are passed down from generation to generation, they…

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Quindim recipe, Brazilian egg and coconut dessert for Easter

At the beginning of my blogging life I published a recipe for Quindim. It’s an egg, sugar and coconut mixture with added vanilla and baked in the oven. It can be baked in a big pie dish,…

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