14 de February de 2021

Mazzaropi’s Codfish Balls

Mazzaropi's Codfish BallsRio de Janeiro Severino do Ramo Bezerra used to be a sort of country bumpkin. He had never seen a tunnel, like the ones that abound in Rio, when he arrived here in 1969. In his birthplace in the countryside, there was nothing like that. “I wanted to go back no matter what,”…

Morais’s Popsicle

Morais’s PopsicleRio de Janeiro When Portuguese immigrant Antônio Morais, a peasant from Serra da Estrela, opened the doors of his grocery store in Ipanema, it had been less than 100 years since whales were caught there. In 1936, the tram still ran along Visconde de Pirajá Street. Adriano, the oldest son of Antônio and Maria,…