Scholarly works

Dario de O, Lima-Filho, et al. “Behavior of the Vegetable Crops Section in Three Types of Food Detail Stores in Campo Grande, Brazil Desempenho Da Seção De Hortaliças Em Equipamentos Varejistas De Alimentos.” Horticultura Brasileira, Vol 27, Iss 1, Pp 86-90, 2009, p. 86. EBSCOhost.

This article wrote about a survey conducted concerning how often and where people get their groceries in South Brazil. The results found that most everybody purchases their groceries in an “open-air market”. This kind of shopping not only is popular, but also the best place to shop according to the article based on the criterion observed.

Estima, Camilla C.P., et al. “Research Article: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Eating Behaviors and Home Food Environmental Factors in Adolescents from São Paulo (Brazil) and Saint Paul–Minneapolis (US).” Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, vol. 46, 01 Sept. 2014, pp. 370-375. EBSCOhost.

In this article, the author’s research is conducted to compare diet and nutrition in the US and Brazil. The cities picked to be a part of the research were St Paul- Minneapolis and São Paulo. More specifically, the research was on adolescents.

Indira Maria Estolano, Macedo, et al. “Entomophagy in Different Food Cultures | Entomofagia Em Diferentes Culturas Alimentares.” Revista Geama, Vol 3, Iss 2, Pp 58-62 (2017), no. 2, 2017, p. 58. EBSCOhost.

This article looked interesting because it studied the nutritional value of eating bugs in certain cultures. It studies countries all over the world, but a big region that holds this practice to higher importance is Brazil.

Popular works

Balston, Catherine. “Top 10 foods to try in Brazil.” Good Food, Accessed 3 Sept. 2018.

This article was written by a travel writer. It is a pretty basic popular source that describes the “best” foods in Brazil. It’s a top ten list.

Huber, Bridget. “Welcome to Brazil, Where a Food Revolution is Changing the Way People Eat.” The Nation, 28 July 2016. Accessed 3 Sept. 2018.

This article is about school children and the way they eat regarding school lunch programs. No matter what the socio-economic status of the children at school, Brazil has a program that provides kids with lunch for free. It goes more into detail about this program in the article.

McPhee, Rosana. “Brazilian food and customs.” The Foodie Bugle Journal, 15 May 2011, Accessed 3 Sept. 2018.

This article is a basic comprehensive knowledge on the historical food culture in Brazil. It also describes types of dishes by region.

Cookbooks

Schwartz, Leticia Moreinos. The Brazilian Kitchen: 100 Classic and Creative recipes for the Home Cook. Amazon description. Accessed 3 Sept. 2018.

This cookbook was written by a chef who is from Rio. The foods she ate in Brazil were certainly not the same stuff that New York has to offer and so she decided to bring home to the US.

Caregnato, Evandro. Churrasco: Grilling the Brazilian Way. Accessed 3 Sept. 2018.

This cookbook looked interesting because it focuses on the specifics of Brazilian Grilling. The process of grilling meats is called Churrasco and apparently there are a lot of different ways of doing it, well at least enough to warrant a whole cookbook.

TV shows etc.

“Brazil.” Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, season 3, episode 8, CNN, 8, June 2014. Netflix,

This episode of Parts Unknown, Anthony Bourdain goes to brazil, specifically Bahia. Bahia is referred to as the “African heart of Brazil.”  He checks out different things besides the food though, such as: dance, martial arts, and neighborhoods.