{"time":1725468316466,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Referred to as the “Carioca hinterland” at least until the early 20th century, the region of Barra da Tijuca and its surroundings was for centuries a practically isolated area of the city of Rio."}}],"version":"2.18.0"}

{"time":1725468287747,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"When the royal family arrived in Rio de Janeiro, the city was still closed to the world, with no transportation, sidewalks or hygiene."}}],"version":"2.18.0"}

{"time":1725468212227,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Greasy spoon in the 19th and early 20th centuries, frege-moscas was a popular place. The dishes included any flies that were near the cook's frying pan."}}],"version":"2.18.0"}

{"time":1725468159315,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Anyone looking at the slopes of Corcovado in 1760 would see 30,000 coffee trees on the farm of the Count of Hogendorp, Napoleon's former general, a frequent character for chroniclers of the time, just like Maria Graham or Alphonse de Taunay."}}],"version":"2.18.0"}

{"time":1725468137321,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The oldest mill in Laranjeiras was installed in the mid-1570s on a property that belonged to two women: Marquesa Ferreira (widow of the city's first ombudsman) and Maria Soares, to whom she sold the lot in 1610."}}],"version":"2.18.0"}

{"time":1725468115374,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"In 1918, Jacob Pick Bittencourt was born in Laranjeiras. In the future, he would become none other than the musician Jacob do Bandolim. Among his hits, some food references to the taste of his time, such as Flor de abacate in 1949, Pé de moleque in 1950, Doce de coco in 1951, Pimenta no salão in 195"}}],"version":"2.18.0"}