From time to time Flavors of Brazil posts a series of related articles which we call "On The Road". Each series details the gast...

Alex Atala Three years ago, when the prestigious World's Best 50 Restaurants awards were announced in London, Chef Alex Atala '...

There's no reliable statistics on how many tons of beans are cooked everyday in Brazilian homes for the family mid-day meal, though it...

Although pressure cookers - pans with airtight lids that allow steam pressure to build up inside the pan and consequently allow cooking at...

Over the past few days, Flavors of Brazil has been featuring a small sampling of the many thousands of recipes for a dish called farofa - ...

Most recipes for farofa, the Brazilian side-dish made from dry manioc flour toasted with some form of oil or far, aim for a finished dish ...

All Brazilian farofas combine manioc flour ( farinha ) with some sort of fat or oil to moisten and flavor the dry, lightly-flavored flour....