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Brazilian cuisine is a fusion of diverse culinary traditions. Here flavors from around the world are unified and the food is good everywhere you go from beach barracas to fancy restaurants.
There are the Portuguese traditions of soups and stews, indigenous flavors and ingredients including cassava flour (farofa) and exotic fruits cooked in sweet and sour styles, as well as African condiments and spicy sauces.
Brazilian cuisine changes dramatically from region to region. There is great use of meat in kitchens of the gaucha South, although many churrascarias have spread across the country. The cuisine of Minas Gerais and the countryside is very tasty and simple. That of the Amazon is surprisingly rich and flavorful with fish cooked in many ways. Bahia offers fanciful, exotic, colorful, and tasty dishes with strong African influences. Along the coast a lot of fish is cooked in many different styles (there are delicious combinations with coconut or bananas in the north-eastern) as well as classics like the feijoada (sausage and smoked meat, cooked in bean sauce), which is perhaps the only truly national dish. In Brazilian cuisine, dishes are almost always accompanied by rice seasoned with sautéed garlic and onions, vegetables and salads.
Drinking cold beer is a national passion. Many cocktails, as well as Batidas, are now famous like the caipirinha made with cachaça, which can be coupled with lime or other fruit.
Sleeping in Brazil in comfort and spending little is not difficult. There are many travel options including Pousadas (Inns) and an increasing number of Bed & Breakfasts. The Bed & Breakfast Brazil network on its website BBrasil.com offers B&B, Pousadas and apartments at affordable prices, so guests can enjoy the delights of Brazilian cuisine!
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