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Moquecas aka Brazilian Fish Stew

My multi-continent commute to work  started like every other one, RDU to ATL, ATL to GRU. The GRU to VOL (Sao Paolo to Vitoria) is where things departed from the regular script. Instead of landing, a few hundred feet from the ground the pilot decided something wasn’t kosher and gunned it back up to 30,000 […]

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Victoria Grill – Brazilian Churrasco Meat Battle

Rua Doutora Odette Braga Furtado, 150 – Enseada do Sua,  Vitoria, State of Espirito Santo, Brazil Phone: (27) 3345-0888  Website: http://www.churrascariavictoriagrill.com.br I am a big time meat lover so it doesn’t take a high IQ to deduce that I would love the concept of a Brazilian BBQ. What self respecting meat-aholic wouldn’t  love to sit at a […]

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Papa Mojo’s – Getting My New Orleans Fix in Durham

Coming off a couple of trips to New Orleans, New Orleans Jazzfest and ripping through the first season of Treme I had a major hankering the taste of New Orleans too. To rectify this situation I rolled down to Papa Mojo’s. This was my second time and this place continues to impress me. They seem to have good weekend music line-ups and […]

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DONNAVVENTURA – LOW COUNTRY BOIL

When I think of great ways to spend a weekday afternoon, many things come to mind. In general doing something new involving food is a winner and that is how I spent my Tuesday afternoon at the Crosby Fish and Shrimp Pier in Folly Beach, South Carolina. Trying boiled peanuts for the first time, ripping the […]

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