Some of our favorite cookbooks are available from Amazon.com. You can check their shipping options, customer service and Amazon.com Bill of Rights pages. My whole family shops there all the time; it's fast, safe and cheap. They'll gift wrap, ship anywhere in the world and send your personal message along. If you're interested in other subjects besides food, go to Amazon.com and do a search under "Brazil." You'll be able to choose from hundreds and hundreds of titles...gee, I never knew there were so many books about Brazil in the US! And yes, if you order through this page, I'll make a little money to help keep this site alive!
| The Art of Brazilian Cookery. Dolores Botafogo. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1993. This book has some very good recipes. Some of our visitors have told us they are using it and like it very much. |
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Smart in Brazil. How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting
Adventure. Joan and David Peterson.Madison, Wisconsin: Gingko Press, Inc., 1995.
Well, the title says all. The book includes helpful phrases, Brazilian menus, and a
comprehensive glossary of ingredients and cooking methods in Portuguese with English
translations. |
 Tasting
Brazil: Regional Recipes and Reminiscences. Jessica B. Harris. New York: Macmillan
Publishing Company, 1992. This is the first time in a long time that reading a book made
me long to go running back to Brazil to drink fresh coconut water
on the beach! |
 Brazil:
A Cook's Tour. Christopher Idone. New York: Clarkson N. Potter/Publishers, Inc.,
1995. Gorgeous and yummy culinary tour of Brazil, illustrated with more than one hundred
color photographs. Great gift to yourself or your favorite cook! |
| Comidas de Botequim. Ana Judith de Carvalho. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Nova Fronteira, 1981. I've had this cookbook for a long time and I think it deserves some free publicity. The author had the fabulous idea of putting together recipes for foods and drinks that you would normally find in a botequim, also affectionately known as boteco, that coziest of Brazilian institutions: the neighborhood restaurant-cum-bar. So here we have tira-gostos (mandioca frita), batidas (my favorite is the one called "xixi de anjo" or angel's piss), great entrees and desserts. If you read Portuguese, this is a wonderful introduction to Brazilian home-style cooking with a flair. |