On an unlikely street in Botafogo, a mix of chaotic shops, workshops, residential buildings, and a parking lot, a large glass storefront can be seen. The former tenement, now taking on an industrial air, is the city's premier artisan bakery: Slow Bakery...

Somewhere in our memory, we can recall “grandmother’s food”, the cozy feeling of being in the home of someone who thought of the meal as a hug. Roberta Sudbrack’s Sud, o Pássaro Verde (Sud, the Green Bird), is exactly that.

Frequented by both those who work in the neighborhood and those who cross the city in search of quality contemporary Brazilian cuisine, Lilia is also a strategic location for those seeking the many attractions of Rio's historic center.

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...

Cashew, jaboticaba or bacuri. Our native fruits have always been a hit as ice creams, ever since they became popular in Rio.

In the last century, in the 1970s, the so-called "natural" food movement in Rio and vegetarianism had a lot of overlap. Not surprisingly, the natural sandwich, a staple of the health-conscious generation's diet, became associated with the culture of outdoor sports, such as hang gliding and, especial