{"time":1763983929523,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"“You’re going to sell large bread with a dark, burnt-looking crust to locals right in front of a cemetery? That’s never going to work!” Rafa Brito Pereira (@theslowbaker) always had a knack for attracting quality-seeking customers to unlikely locations. "}}],"version":"2.18.0"}

{"time":1763388074052,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Nice to meet you, guaquica. This little fruit, nearly extinct, was common in the backyards of Rio de Janeiro in the 19th century. It is a myrtaceae like our jaboticaba, pitanga, or guava, and can be found here and there, from Paraty to Cabo Frio."}}],"version":"2.18.0"}

{"time":1763387279080,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"  The closed season for mullet fishing in the Araruama Lagoon has just ended, and with it, the mullet season is back.<br>"}}],"version":"2.18.0"}

{"time":1762793287728,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"During the 19th century, it was one of the favorite ice creams of the carioca population and also of Emperor Pedro II, who would go with the Empress to Rua Direita for their usual pitanga ice cream at the Hotel do Norte. The sign read: “Antonio Franzione, ice cream maker of Their Imperial Majesties.”"}}],"version":"2.18.0"}

{"time":1762430999385,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Corn flour was already part of the diet of the indigenous people of Rio long before the arrival of the first Europeans, but in Petrópolis, in the mountainous region of Rio´s state, corn cultivation was recorded as early as 1802.  "}}],"version":"2.18.0"}

{"time":1762429965248,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Ask artificial intelligence what the first vegetarian restaurant in Rio de Janeiro was? The answers we got were off by about 70 years."}}],"version":"2.18.0"}