A few years ago you could count on your fingers how many Brazilians lived in Santa Barbara, known as the “California Riviera”. Now, hearing Brazilian Portuguese on State St. has become an everyday thing.
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The Brazilian cuisine has been strongly influenced by Portuguese colonization, the African roots brought by the slaves during the eighteen century, as well the Italian, German, Syrian and Lebanese immigrants, who came at the end of the nineteenth century.
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A “sinfonia maritima” (maritime symphony). This robust Brazilian seafood stew it’s a whole meal in a bowl. If you would like to make it a bit Portuguese, add halved hard-cooked eggs on the top when be ready to serve.
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It was not for nothing that Jericoacoara, or simply “Jeri” – to friends, was elected by The Washington Post as one of the ten most beautiful beaches in the world.
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Many types of fish, shellfish and chicken can be made into moquecas. It’s native from the state of Bahia, in the northeast of Brazil, where cooking with creamy coconut milk is a part of daily life.
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