Cuisines
Brazilian Cuisine
Citation Formats
General Reference
APA Style
BibTeX
Brazilian cuisine blends Indigenous, Portuguese, African and Asian influences across a continental-scale country whose cooking varies sharply by region, from the Portuguese-descended wheat-and-dairy traditions of the south to the West African-shaped seafood and palm-oil cooking of Bahia. Indigenous peoples contributed founding ingredients such as cassava, cashew and acai, Portuguese settlers introduced wheat, wine and dairy, enslaved Africans shaped much of the coastal repertoire, and twentieth-century Japanese immigration built the country's own distinct take on Asian cooking.
Facts
Signature TechniqueSourced to the subject's own accountChurrasco: barbecuing meat over an open flame or embers, a preparation style that originated in southern Brazil and is similar to the Argentine and Uruguayan asado. 1 Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own accountBrazil (Indigenous, Portuguese and West African roots) 1 Sources
1. Brazilian Cuisine (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIntroductionQuote, Introduction
Brazilian cuisine is the set of cooking practices and traditions of Brazil, and is characterized by African, European, Amerindian and Asian (Levantine, Japanese, and most recently, Chinese) influences.
1. Brazilian Cuisine (Wikipedia)
WikipediaChurrascoQuote, Churrasco
Churrasco is the term for a barbecue (similar to the Argentine or Uruguayan asado) which originated in southern Brazil.
Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.
View At A Past Year
The atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.