Ofelia : A Taste of Brazil

Ofelia Ramos Anunciato is the best-known Brazilian TV cook & cookbook author. Here she presents an insight into the diverse cooking of her native country & offers a choice of over 70 recipes, including traditional Brazilian dishes but also culinary specialties from the different regions of her country. Brazilian cooking is a pleasurable melting pot of Portuguese, African & Indian influences, all mixed up together. Essential to every dish are traditional ingredients such as cassava flour, quijo-de-siri & chayote. This book suggests alternatives for ingredients that are either not available or are hard to come by. Beautiful color photos illustrate each recipe. Translated from the Portuguese.Melo, Josimar is the author of 'Ofelia : A Taste of Brazil', published 2006 under ISBN 9781422352250 and ISBN 1422352250.