In that valley, life was made of the ups and downs of ox carts bordering the river.  The history of the street is inseparable from the Carioca River—the city's main source of fresh water until the end of the Empire—since the street's design was sculpted by the trails and paths that bordered its...

In that same region, in Itaipava, the Faraona restaurant structured its concept around the cultivation of vegetables and legumes, the raising of goats and piglets, and the use of guinea fowl—or "faraonas," as they are called in Italian—a bird traditionally raised in the mountains. The concise menu i

“The ladies would pass by my grocery store in the Market, giving me angry looks, because I demeaned the white color.”  The restaurant that was the first hot spot of Copacabana, opened in 1902, it was right in front of where today is the Z-13 fishing colony, on the corner of the current Francisco Ot

The trend of picnic banquets in the Botanical Garden was no joke: The menu of the Chinese commission (1885) included cold cuts, preserves, butter and sardines, omelette with truffles, fish with lobster, stuffed shrimp, filet with mushrooms, curry rice, lobster mayonnaise, Brazilian turkey, York...

In Jornal do Brasil, the menu of the “banquet for Mr. Guilherme Ferrero in Hotel Alexandra”: Consommé, Xerez, Potage Bisque, Merveilles de Crevettes. Chateau Iquem, Garoupa á la Normande. Pommard. Chartreuse de Inhambús, Patés de Strasbourg en Gelée. Punch Plombiére. Château Lafitte, Asperges Sauce.