Rio De Janeiro - A Food Biography

Rio is an international city and destination hot-spot for night-life, business, and culture. This book looks at the lifestyle and the foods that help complement it, while offering a cultural guide to the city and its inhabitants.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Material Resources: Land, Water, and Air
Chapter 2: Food In a Carioca Way - The First Inhabitants
Chapter 3: What Is The Food Legacy of Later Immigration?
Chapter 4: Markets and Retailing
Chapter 5: Restaurants And Eating Out In The City
Chapter 6: Historic Cookbooks, How to Follow The History of the Recipes

About the author

Marcia Zoladz is a cookbook author and journalist. Her books include Brigadeiros e Bolinhas -and Sobremesas e Doces Brasileiros about Brazilian desserts and sweets, winner of the World Cookbooks Award in the Patisserie and Sweets category, Brazil, 2013. Marcia also writes regularly for magazines in Brazil, Europe, and Angola, Africa. As a food historian, Marcia is an active member of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery in England. Her website is Cozinha da Marcia at www.cozinhadamarcia.com.br.

Summary

Rio is an international city and destination hot-spot for night-life, business, and culture. This book looks at the lifestyle and the foods that help complement it, while offering a cultural guide to the city and its inhabitants.

Product details

• Authors: Marcia Zoladz, Zoladz Marcia
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2016
• EAN: 9781442252318
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-5231-8
• No. of pages: 146
• Series: Big City Food Biographies; Big City Food Biographies
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > Theme cookery books; COOKING / General, Brazil, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, Cookery / food & drink etc, Food & society, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas, Cultural studies: food and society, Cookery / food and drink / food writing, Brazil;Latin American Studies