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viaggiandomangiando

Ethnic cooking and world travel blog.

  • Flautas (Mexico)

    Flautas (Mexico)

    Flautas are tacos made with rolled and fried corn or flour tortillas, which can have…

  • Pan de muertos (Mexico)

    Pan de muertos (Mexico)

    Pan de muertos is a sweet prepared in Mexico during the Week of the Dead,…

  • Pé de moleque (Brazil)

    Pé de moleque (Brazil)

    Pé de moleque is a traditional Brazilian sweet made from peanuts and rapadura or molasses,…

  • Cartola (Brazil)

    Cartola (Brazil)

    Cartola: bananas fried in butter or oil, cheese or melted butter placed on top of…

  • Queijadinha (Brazil)

    Queijadinha (Brazil)

    Dessert of Portuguese origin, although the name suggests otherwise, there is no cheese in its…

  • Savory Rice Pudding (Brazil)

    Savory Rice Pudding (Brazil)

    This is a “savory” version of arroz de leite, different from the sweet one with…

  • Rain Drops (Brazil)

    Rain Drops (Brazil)

    The Bolinhos de chuva are Portuguese and Brazilian fritters named so because they resemble a…

  • Entrevero de pinhão (Brazil)

    Entrevero de pinhão (Brazil)

    Entrevero de pinhão is a typical dish of the southern Brazilian states, mainly from the…

  • Olho de mulata (Brazil)

    Olho de mulata (Brazil)

    The Olho de mulata, or beijo de mulata, is a sweet very similar to beijinhos,…

  • Virado à paulista (Brazil)

    Virado à paulista (Brazil)

    Originated in the colonial period, as food for the bandeirantes on their expeditions, who brought…