Exploring Brazilian Food from Bahia in Los Angeles and Southeast Brazil in Newark, NJ with Sabor de Bahia, Brasilia Grill, Tom Le Mesurier (EatRio), and Scott Barton

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Eating America with India

India Witkin

8 episodes

6 days ago

Explore the multitude of unique diasporas across the United States through the lens of food. On this series you'll hear from chefs, restaurant owners, historians and journalists as we discuss immigration, race, gentrification and the history of their cuisine. Over 100,000 restaurants have closed since the start of the pandemic, only adding more urgency in supporting these small businesses who add to the richness of American multiculturalism. Created and hosted by India Witkin. Check out the show if you're a fan of Splendid Table, Food52's Genius Recipe Tales, Christopher Kimball's Milk Street, Sporkful, or Table Manners with Jesse Ware.

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Exploring Brazilian Food from Bahia in Los Angeles and Southeast Brazil in Newark, NJ with Sabor de Bahia, Brasilia Grill, Tom Le Mesurier (EatRio), and Scott Barton

Eating America with India

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5 years ago

Exploring Brazilian Food from Bahia in Los Angeles and Southeast Brazil in Newark, NJ with Sabor de Bahia, Brasilia Grill, Tom Le Mesurier (EatRio), and Scott Barton

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.

Listen, see photos, and read recipes and transcripts at eatingamericawithindia.com and follow us on Instagram and Twitter

Follow Renni Flores at @sabordebahia

Follow Chris de Sauza at @brasiliagrill

Follow Tom Le Mesurier at @eatrio

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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