Everyday cooking with a Brazilian

By Pietra Acunha

Are you tired of purchasing cookbooks and not being able to execute the recipes because the ingredients or utensils are hard to find? Well, this book is for you. A collection of practical and tasty recipes with everyday ingredients. My personal blog became a book and now you can read the short stories and consult the recipes wherever and whenever you feel like!
 

• Language: English
• Publisher: BadPress
• Release date: Oct 22, 2021
• ISBN: 9781667417035

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Everyday cooking with a Brazilian

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Flavorful recipes with everyday ingredients

PIETRA ACUNHA

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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I thank Fabricio, because without him this book would never exist. I thank my teachers, Ian and Gilberto, as each one played an important role in this journey. I thank my mother, who has always been an enthusiast over all my ideas. I thank Lucas and Hanna for being my contact with the real world, and Valter who unraveled the mysteries of text writing and the peculiarities of the Portuguese language.

First Words

Choosing the recipes that would be part of this book was one of the most complicated pieces when writing it. I wanted to use the recipes that were already on my blog, but at the same time, I felt the need to add recipes I had never even tried before. I wanted my book to be able to contemplate the greatest number of people and tastes, what a difficult mission this is. I chose to try to balance the different types of meat, as well as adding vegetarian recipes. I also added some recipes that are my favorites and that ended up creating a new section in my book, the snacks. Finally, the hardest piece was finding sweet recipes that I knew how to make and that did not require an infinite amount of ingredients, as I do prefer the savory ones. Some of the recipes have chronicles that I wrote and posted on my blog at different times in my life. So a lot may have changed since they were written, but at the same time, they offer a good record of what goes through our minds when we go to the kitchen, which, by the way, can make all the difference.

DIPS AND APPETIZERS

PESTO SAUCE

EGGPLANT DIP

PORK RAGU*

GORGONZOLA AND MUSHROOM TOAST

CHILI PEPPER JAM

SALAMI SNACK

BRUSCHETTA POMODORO.

BARBECUE GARLIC BREAD

SNACKS

PÃO DE QUEIJO (BRAZILIAN CHEESE BREAD)

HOMEMADE PIZZA

SARDINE PIZZA

HOT DOG SAUCE

PASTEL DE QUEIJO (CHEESE FRIED PASTRY)

MAIN COURSES

PASTELÃO INTEGRAL (WHOLE WHEAT PIE)

CRAZY CHICKEN

ZUCCHINI RONDELLI

CHICKEN DRUMSTICK

BEEF STEW

FUSILLI CHICKEN HEART SAUCE

CHICKEN WITH SPINACH SAUCE

FISH EN PAPILLOTE

DESSERTS

PASSION FRUIT MOUSSE

CHOCOLATE CAKE

CHOCOLATE CANDY TRIFLE

PETIT GATEAU

CHURROS BRIGADEIRO TRUFFLE

CARROT CAKE OR CARROT CAKE POP

DIPS AND APPETIZERS

Or was it me who got in there? Pesto and my passion for cooking

Porto Alegre, February 25, 2018.

Have you ever experienced love at first sight for a song? And have you ever happened to love a song that doesn't fit your story? It happened to me. I first heard this song when I was 13 years old and since then I've been trying to find a way to make this song mine. And surprisingly 17 years later, it seems that it finally made some sense.

"She came in and I was there

Or was it me who got in there

Without even asking

For permission?

(...)

She took a good look at me

I could have found

What has been missing

With her, who knows

Colors, collages,