The Brazilian Table Yara Castro Roberts Richard Roberts THE BRAZILIAN TABLE DIGITAL EDITION V1.0 Text except preface © 2009 Yara Castro Roberts Preface text © 2009 Richard Roberts Photographs © 2009 Richard Roberts, pages 2, 10, 14, 30–31, 38, 51, 112–13, 122–23, 146, 150–51, 155, 192 Photographs © 2009 Marty Snortum, pages 55, 61, 63, 65, 91, 95, 97, 105, 131, 135, 141, 145, 163, 165, 167, 181, 184, 189, 191, 195, 197 All other photographs from Shutterstock, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any means whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except brief portions quoted for purpose of review. Gibbs Smith, Publisher PO Box 667 Layton, UT 84041 Orders: 1.800.835.4993 www.gibbs-smith.com Library of Congress Catalog-in-Publishing Data ISBN-13: 978-1-4236-0315-3 ISBN-10: 1-4236-0315-X 1. Cookery, Brazilian. I. Roberts, Richard, 1937– II. Title. TX716.B6R62 2009 641.5981—dc22 2008042798 To my parents, Belita and Etienne, who revealed to me how essential the table and its pleasures are. To my grandchildren, Shane and Maya: may they follow the tradition. The Brazilian Table Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Brazil at the Table Brazilian Ingredients