The Food and Cooking of Brazil: Traditions, Ingredients, Tastes, Techniques, 65 Classic Recipes

I bought this as a present for a Brit who loves to cook. I’m Brazilian so I wanted a book that had the “basics” - different from other also great book such as D.O.M and the one from Thiago Castanheiro which are more chef-like with hard to find ingredients if you’re not in Brazil. This book has all! Feijoada, acarajé, caipirinha, pé-de-moleques, empadão de frango, rabada, pastel, pão de queijo and much more with ingredients you can mostly find in any major supermarket (some like cassava you might need to go to an African/South American shop). Definitely worth it and after my extensive research on Brazilian cookbooks in English, this was the best by far.

128 pages in all, the recipes don't start until page 20 and the last one is on page 125. Each of the 5 sections starts with a double page spread of picture & comment before you get into the recipes themselves. Then most of the recipes are on a 2 page spread. This means you end up with very few actual recipes for the price. For example, the meat & poultry section has 10 recipes! Would not recommend if you are looking for a good range of Brazilian cuisine!

Nice cookbook full of authentic recepies from Brazil. It was a Chrismas gift for my brother. He liked it very much. Great inspiration fot any chef.

Product itself is nice but it arrived with the front cover turned upwards from the bottom. As it's for a birthday tomorrow I have no choice but to gift it anyway. But now it looks like it was from a discount store. Embarrassing. Not happy.

Brazilian cooking is just so different. It's not just the mixture of tastes but the mixture of textures as well. Feijoada is to die for and Couve a Mineira is the answer for all those kids that won't eat their greens!