India interviews Brazilian restaurant/catering company owners, Renni Flores of Sabor de Bahia (Los Angeles), Chris de Sauza of Brasilia Grill (Newark, NJ); She gets insight and expertise from Scott Barton of NYU and Tom Le Mesurier of EatRio. On this episode India explores Brazil and highlights the diversity and melting pot of cultures and cuisines. She travels to Los Angeles to meet chef Renni Flores of Sabor de Bahia to learn about and taste the Afro-Brazilian food from Salvador de Bahia, a rare find outside of Brazil. A singer turned chef who has put Bahian food on the map in California. Then India meets up with Chris de Sauza who runs the family-run restaurant, Brasilia Grill in Newark to try traditional Brazilian BBQ, churrascaria. Chris speaks about growing up in Ironbound, a neighborhood in Newark that is arguably the oldest and strongest Brazilian community in America. Tom Le Mesurier, a food and travel writer based in Rio who runs EatRio.com helps explain the history and roots of Brazilian cuisine. Scott Barton, a chef, food scholar and NYU professor explains Afro-Brazilian culture, cuisine and history.

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Created and produced by India Witkin

This episode was co-produced with MixedMag @mixedmag

Cover art by Suzanne Borderies @art_bysuz

Original song by Kilcool @kilcoolbeats

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