FoodandLit

January 11, 2021
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January Brazil

The Chandelier is Brazilian modernist Clarice Lispector’s second novel, written when she was 26 and already a literary legend. It’s a shaggy stop-motion masterpiece, plotless and argument-less and obsessed with the nature of thought.
Sphinx, sorceress, sacred monster. The revival of the hypnotic Clarice Lispector has been one of the true literary events of the 21st century. A national obsession in her native Brazil — her novels are sold in subway vending machines there — she was neglected in the English-speaking world until a splendid 2009 biography,”Why This World,” by Benjamin Moser, charted the clashing currents in her life of fame, glamour, unspeakable suffering and, above all — despite it all — untrammeled productivity.
Clarice Lispector was born in 1920 to a Jewish family in western Ukraine. As a result of the anti-Semitic violence they endured, the family fled to Brazil in 1922, and Clarice Lispector grew up in Recife. Following the death of her mother when Clarice was nine, she moved to Rio de Janeiro with her father and two sisters, and she went on to study law. With her husband, who worked for the foreign service, she lived in Italy, Switzerland, England, and the United States, until they separated and she returned to Rio in 1959; she died there in 1977. Since her death, Clarice Lispector has earned universal recognition as Brazil’s greatest modern writer.
Hundreds of traditional and contemporary recipes for an authentic taste of Brazil!

Brazilian food is a complex and vibrant fusion of native Indian foods and ingredients with immigrant culinary traditions from Portugal and Africa, as well as the Middle East, Japan, Germany, and Italy. Each geographic region of Brazil has its own distinctive cuisine, based on locally available ingredients and the people who settled there. The Everything Brazilian Cookbook aims to introduce this exciting cuisine to you with a collection of not-too-complicated yet adventurous recipes, including:Brazilian Chicken Salad – Salpicao
Warm Sweet Potato Salad – Salada Quente de Batata Doce
Creamy Shrimp Soup – Caldo de Camarao
Pork and Hominy Stew – Canjiquinha Mineira
Coconut Butternut Squash Soup – Sopa de Abobora e Coco
Braised Roulades of Beef in Tomato Sauce – Bife a Role
Roast Leg of Lamb with Cachaça – Pernil de Cordeiro Assado na Cachaça
Stewed Chicken with Okra – Frango com Quiabo
Pineapple Raisin Farofa – Farofa de Abacaxi
Brazilian-style Greens – Couve a Mineira
Guava Cheesecake – Cuca de Queijo com Goiabada
Passion Fruit Mousse – Mousse de Maracuja
The recipes in this book start with fresh, healthy ingredients, instead of relying on prepared or packaged foods. This “back to basics” way of cooking is easier and less time-consuming than you may think, and the results taste better and are far more nutritious. With this indispensible and detailed cookbook, you’ll be able to prepare and enjoy this vibrant and delicious cuisine in your own kitchen!
An introduction to Brazilian cooking, featuring traditional recipes for Brazilian pork chops, black bean stew, and codfish bites. Also includes information on the history, geography, customs, and people of this South American nation.
From South America to Holland to Nepal—a new journey in the company of Paulo Coelho, bestselling author of The Alchemist.
 
Drawing on the rich experience of his own life, bestselling author Paulo Coelho takes us back in time to relive the dreams of a generation that longed for peace. In Hippie, he tells the story of Paulo, a young, skinny Brazilian man with a goatee and long, flowing hair, who dreams of becoming a writer, and Karla, a Dutch woman in her twenties who has been waiting to find a companion to accompany her on the fabled hippie trail to Nepal. 

After meeting each other in Amsterdam, she convinces Paulo to join her on a trip aboard the Magic Bus that travels from Amsterdam to Istanbul and across Central Asia to Kathmandu. As they embark on this journey together, Paulo and Karla explore a love affair that awakens them on every level and leads to choices and decisions that will set the course for their lives thereafter.

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