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Moqueca Risotto

A moqueca is a Brazilian fish stew typical of the state of Bahia. This past weekend I made Salmon and Shrimp Moqueca to try out the capixaba clay pan my mother brought me from Brazil. I pureed a head of garlic, an onion, lime juice, salt, and cilantro and marinated six salmon steaks and a pound [...]

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Canja de Galinha (aka Brazilian chicken soup)

Every culture seems to have its own version of chicken noodle soup. The local version of every grandmother’s arsenal for fending off the flu might include noodles as in North America and Asia or rice, as in Brazil. Known as canja in Portuguese, it is usually a simple affair of using leftover rice and chicken. [...]

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Reinventing Brazilian farofa

Farofa is a dish made of toasted manioc flour/meal that is popular throughout Brazil, particularly in the North and Northeast regions. Often served as a side dish on which to coat meats during barbecues, I was so obsessed with it as a child that many of my parents friends thought I was from the north. [...]

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Vegan feijoada

Feijoada Wash a cup on dry black beans and soak it  overnight. Either on the day of, or the day before, cook the black beans by adding it (with the water it soaked in) to a large saucepot and bringing it to a simmer with two bay leaves. Simmer it for an hour or one [...]

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Pão de Queijo (Brazilian cheese puffs)

Pão de Queijo (literally, cheese bread) is typical from the region of Minas Gerais, where my dad’s family is from but one can find these delectable cheese puffs all over the country. There is even a chain of cafés called Casa do Pão de Queijo. For some reason, I always assumed pão de queijo was [...]

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Brazilian Coffee

When Canadians ask me about Brazil, almost the first thing they ask – after the weather, of course – is about the coffee. “It bet you get really nice coffee there!”, they’d say. When I first arrived in Canada, in the days when the only coffee we had at home was sent by my mother [...]

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