Taste of Brazil - From North to South, Typical Dishes of Brazilian Cuisine

Book excerpt: Understand and experiment the best of Brazilian culinary tradition. A book dedicated to the gastronomy of this incredible country, the result of an intersection of distant cultures from each other, such as that of the indigenous natives, African slaves, Portuguese colonists, later influenced by Arab, Japanese and European immigrants. A mixture of ingredients, flavors and spices which makes the Brazilian cuisine unique, as unique is this country. The book is not just a simple recipe, but traces a brief overview of the historical roots of Brazilian cuisine, its origins, its trajectory, its turning into a real gastronomic culture and those who are its pillars, the daily of the supply of Brazilian, rice and beans, feijoada, and the undisputed queen of the kitchen, cassava. Without forgetting the drink that more than any other embodies the spirit of Brazil: the cachaca