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Super Faminto: Mercadão, São Paulo’s Municipal Market
*Mercadão = Big market The Mercado Municipal took four years to build and, once completed in 1932, was used by rebels in the “civil constitutionalist revolution” to hold and store weapons. It finally...
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Super Faminto: A Trip to Estudio Gloria for Furniture + Feijoada (Brasil’s...
Feijoada is not an everyday meal. It takes a long time to cook, is super heavy, and is served at most restaurants only twice a week (a holdover on the old catholic weekly dietary restrictions, here in...
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Super Faminto: Kyoto Cuisine in São Paulo
My wife and I are dressed to kill. The guards are looking us up and down. My hands are sweating. I enter awkwardly remembering last minute to bow, even though I’m not sure who these people are...
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Super Faminto: Falafel to the Beat of a Different Drummer (São Paulo)
In my hood, the chic São Paulo bairro of Jardins, I share sidewalks with a rather large group of Hasidic Jews. All of the beards make me feel like I’m safe and at home. They are the unspoken guardians...
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Super Faminto: The Cookie Shop Brings More Than Just Cookies (São Paulo)
After getting canned without reason, the day after her maternity leave was up, Paula Cinini was not sure what to do; she had always worked as a journalist. To find some solace in this devastating...
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Super Faminto: GELATOral Gratification at Bacio di Latte (São Paulo)
In a city like São Paulo with its mild climate, and millions of Italian immigrants, you would expect to find loads of good gelato. Instead there is a ton of picole (popsicles) and regular ice cream....
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Super Faminto: Festa Junina Brings Hot Wine
It’s getting colder here in Brazil and dry season is approaching. In the North, the crops have been harvested. Festa Junina (June Festival) was carried over from the Portuguese to celebrate and thank...
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Super Faminto: 2011 Best Burger: Butcher’s Market (São Paulo)
The world is full of burger places. There is one in almost every strip mall in America, and then there are the chains which are often the culprits or the scapegoats of many a country’s poor eating...
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Super Faminto: Naengmyeon (Chilly Korean Noodles)
São Paulo has the second largest Japanese population outside of Japan (about 650,000+), but since my arrival here I’ve been pretty bummed by the lack of good Japanese restaurants. Thank God for the...
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Super Faminto: A Visit to the Ranch in Campininha, São Paulo
As the saying goes: you can learn a lot about someone when you walk a day in their shoes. I like to think the same goes for when you eat in someone’s home. I have had the honor to be invited to...
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