The Salty Cod :

Chocolate Chip Cookies

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and a vacation to Ilhabela-SP While i had planned on being part of an Easter celebration this year with eggs, chocolates and bunnies, a sort of last minute vacation got in the way. Thank god. Two weeks before the long four day weekend of[...]

A Few of My Favorite Things

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Nothing Really, Just some Chat Yeah, feels like forever. Two months; two months is the longest i have ever gone without a post since we started nearly four years ago. Where have i been? I'm sorry to say that i've simply been right[...]

Nem Toda Brasileira é Bunda!

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THE ONE YEAR BRAZILIVERSARY It's official. Today is the day of my first Braziliversary (term coined by Lindsey of Adventures of a Gringa in Brazil ). One year without leaving the country; officially the longest[...]

Banana Republic

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Bread, Jobs, Dogs & Rain-because it's been a while Table topic post warning. I live in the banana republic and yet i don't buy bananas. For the first time in one year we randomly bought bananas on the weekend. It's not that i[...]

A New Year

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Copacomplainer? And the Year's Goals A new year, already. 2011, Salty is getting old. Have I really already been in Brazil for one month short of a year? I'm going to miss 2010. My celebration this year was not to ring in 2011, but[...]

Feliz Natal

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Merry Christmas For a while i decided to pretend that it wasn't even Christmas time since comparing the Christmas that i know to the Christmas here is a very difficult task. I have no Christmas tree, no lights, no candles, no garlands,[...]

Grape Schiacciata. Well, Sorta.

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Expat Down Days Before any Italians or Italian food lovers scream hey, that's not grape schiacciata! let me assure you that i know. It's a first cousin of the bread and is gluten free, made with a hell of a lot less dough, is actually a[...]

Baby Cookies - Biscoitos de Bebê

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oi bebê I know it's been a while. Is there anybody still out there? The truth is, we just haven't been inspired to post anything, and who wants to read words and see photos that are uninspiring? That's what i thought.[...]

Grape Juice and Wine

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what and where to buy in Brazil Brazil is not generally considered a country with a deep viticulture, at least not with all the sexy caipirinhas and golden sweet-water beers the land is so famous for. At least famous within the[...]

Ice Cream Sequilhos

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and a word on the São Paulo Countryside The first time i tried to make corn tortillas here i went to the grocery market and stood in the "flour" aisle staring at the mountain of packaged powders. Wheat flour sits on the bottom shelfs[...]