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Paperback Cafe Brazil Book

ISBN: 0809225948

ISBN13: 9780809225941

Cafe Brazil (Conran Octopus Cookbook Series, 3)

Brazil is full of surprises. Surprising things such as having the largest Japanese community outside Japan (it's in São Paulo), a population and land mass on a par with the U.S., and a fusion population of native Indians, Portuguese, diaspora Africans, Italians, Spanish, Poles, Lebanese, and of course, Japanese. All these peoples have brought favorite foods to Brazil, adding to the pot. British food writer Michael Bateman's Café Brazil celebrates all this in a slim, colorful volume chock full of taste treats. Angels' Cheeks (Papos de Anjo), for example--this is a simple, egg-rich pastry baked in a muffin tin. Then, a vanilla-flavored sugar syrup is poured over each pastry. The origins are Moorish, but the dessert was brought to Brazil as early as the 15th century by Portuguese nuns who had learned the skills of egg and almond sweets from the Moors. Or for a more African spin, try Students' Cakes (Bolinho de Estudante). This dessert calls for tapioca (a by-product of the cassava brought to Brazil by Africans) sugar, and grated coconut (also brought to Brazil by Africans). The little cakes, cut like biscuits, are deep-fried and sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon. Among the main dishes in Café Brazil, you'll find the national dish, Feijoada Completa, a combination of black beans, beef and pork cuts, tomatoes, and chilies. Typically, this dish is accompanied by Stir-Fried Kale, Toasted Golden Casava Meal, and a Malaguetta Chili Sauce. There are seafood dishes such as Fish in Coconut Sauce or Shrimp Stew. Okra and Peanut Stew is a near-direct translation from West Africa and includes a pound of shrimp and a healthy dose of chopped ginger served on Coconut Rice. On the side, try Stewed Green Papayas, a Shrimp and Yam Puree, or Banana Bread with nutmeg, raisings, and Brazil nuts. A Passion Fruit Cocktail (powered by cachaca, a white sugar cane rum) or a White Rum Sour should do well to prepare the way to the table. --Schuyler Ingle This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Rated 4 stars
Nice and easy to follow instructhions

I recently received this book. I wanted it because I have recently returned from Brazil. I do enjoy this book, but I find that the majority of the foods come from the northern part of the country, which is heavily influenced by the sea and past African herritage. I spent the majority of time in the South and Western part, therefore many of the dishes are not known to me. It does have instructions as how to prepare the every...

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Rated 5 stars
Terrific Brazilian dining.

Cafe Brazil is packed with photos of not only finished dishes, but the countryside as well, from land to sea. Most dishes require little in the way of exotic ingredients, though many require fresh ingredients such as first coconut milk pressings which may consume time.

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