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Rigatoni with roasted tomato sauce, fresh basil, and creamy burrata

Around the Italian tableSimple ingredients. Unforgettable food.

Portuguese sericaia with a cracked cinnamon top

A taste of Portugal

Brazilian

Brazilian food stories, recipes and kitchen notes.

An iron pot of rice with brown cooked charque pieces, diced red pepper and chopped green herbs.

Brazilian

Arroz Carreteiro: Before the Rice Enters

Prepared charque, browned meat and the order of additions shape Brazil’s arroz carreteiro. Four cooks show how tomato, extra meats and fresh finishes change the pot.

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October 2, 2026

Tender bone-in oxtail pieces in tomato sauce beside yellow cornmeal and green watercress

Brazilian

Rabada: Keep the Watercress for the Finish

Brazilian oxtail stew has more than one route to tender meat. Follow the braise, then see why watercress and creamy cornmeal belong at the finish.

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October 2, 2026

Golden twisted cueca virada pastries dusted with cinnamon sugar, with a broken pastry showing its crumb and a cup of coffee behind.

Brazilian

Cueca Virada: A Strip Turned Through Itself

A central slit gives this Brazilian fried pastry its distinctive turn. The shape is shared by recipes whose doughs, rests and frying instructions differ.

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The world, one dish at a time.

Brazilian

Arroz Carreteiro: Before the Rice Enters

Rabada: Keep the Watercress for the Finish

Cueca Virada: A Strip Turned Through Itself

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