Posted in CITIES: Belo Horizonte, FOOD & DRINK, tagged Belo Horizonte, Brazil, cachaca, caipirinha, drink, Food, Minas Gerais, PHOTOS:, Serro on 24 September, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Blog “The Perfect Pantry” has a very good post on a Caipirinhas – how to make one, how the cachaça is made, photos of the cachaça factory, which is located in the State of Minas Gerais. Minas, as it is know here, is famous for its cachaça.
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Posted in FOOD & DRINK, tagged academia da cachaca, Brazil, cachaca, drink, Food, maria brazil, sugarcane on 10 April, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Cachaça is the drink of the poor in Brazil. Throughout the vast interior of the country and in the small bars of the favelas in the cities, cachaça – straight up – is “the drink”. This is mostly due to economics as cachaça is inexpensive compared to cerveja (beer).
It is made from sugarcane [...]
Posted in FOOD & DRINK, tagged Beer, Brazil, Food on 9 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Beer is the primary drink of most Brazilians. They drink about 50 liters a year. This is not an impressive number when compared to the Czechs who drink 158 liters per year. But, the Czechs live in a cold climate, no tropical beaches and for sure no sexy beer commercials that [...]
Posted in FOOD & DRINK, tagged Brazil, Pernambuco, pizza, pizzaria on 25 March, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have been pondering adding a “Food” category.
Pizza is one of the most popular items in this category; especially when eating out or delivering for small parties at home. Well, Daniel up in Pernambuco State has a interesting entry about Pizza on his Blog so to get started I’ll link you over [...]
Posted in COST OF LIVING BRAZIL(CLB):, FOOD & DRINK, LIVING IN BRAZIL (LIB), tagged Brazil, cost of living, economic, lifestyle brazil, lifestyle expat brazil, peanut butter, price comparison on 13 February, 2008 | 11 Comments »
A 12oz (350 grams) of Skippy Peanut Butter cost 19.98 reais. At the Real vs US$ exchange rate today, that is US$11.41.
UPDATE: 14 Nov 08 – US$ = 2.30 Reais, which now means the above will cost you US$8.68. This illustrates the importance of the exchange rate if your income while living in Brazil [...]
Posted in FOOD & DRINK, tagged Brazil, Churrascaris, Churrasco, cold brazilian beer, Food, reastaurants brazil, steak houses brazil on 28 December, 2007 | 10 Comments »
CHURRASCARIAS:
Countries usually have a traditional dish or special meal for which they are known. In Brazil this is the Churrasco (barbecue) and the restaurants are Churrascarias (steak houses), where all-you-can-eat meat is served you at your table by a team of waiters (garcons) carrying shewers, each of which will a have a specific type [...]
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