Índian's PeanutSalvador “Cultural Heritage of Salvador”: that’s the inscription just below “Peanut Station,” engraved on the cart and the apron of Índio. On the street, he spends his days roasting, salting, and sweetening kilograms and kilograms of peanuts in a busy routine. The movement around his cart is intense, especially towards the end of the…
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Cláudia's PassarinhaSalvador At Lapa Station, you can see a sign announcing: “Acarajé da Cláudia” (Cláudia’s Acarajé). But Cláudia, the owner of the stall, is better known as “the baiana da passarinha” (the “passarinha” Baiana). The queues to buy both delicacies, served separately, are equally long—and large. The queen of her stall for 40 years, she…
Antônio's Grilled CheeseSalvador When Seu Antônio strolls along the sands of Ondina and Farol da Barra, there’s no ear left untouched by the parodies he sings while preparing cheese skewers on his stove. It’s hard to find a friendlier vendor on those beaches. In his childhood, he experienced hunger and “ate dry flour with cold…
Roni's Green JuiceSalvador Mondays are the busiest days for Roni’s cart, parked in Cidade Baixa. “People drink a lot on Sundays and end up with hangovers,” says the Bahian. But his green detox juice made in a sugarcane crusher is not only to revive livers: “It’s good for anemia, circulation, immunity, flu, cough, inflammation,” Roni…
Vegan Empanadas by MatiasSalvador Matias Romani is Argentine, 37 years old, and came to Brazil in 2004 to initially travel for a while. The trip was supposed to last only a year, and his initial idea was to study percussion. Matias, who was already a drummer, saw in Bahia’s rich rhythms a destination to deepen…
Tania's AcarajéSalvador Tânia is 49 years old, but she has been observing her grandmother making acarajé with great curiosity since childhood. She comes from a lineage of “baianas de acarajé” (acarajé sellers), and since the age of 14, she has been handling and working at the acarajé stand, making cocadas, learning to fry the acarajé…
Rasta's Broth SururuSalvador César started making broths “because of his children.” Before, he worked as a waiter in beach bars, and it was in their kitchens that he learned about broths, which he later improved with the help of his mother and mother-in-law. Both of them were already involved in food preparation: “I did experiments,…
Milton’s Lemon and Coconut JuiceSalvador For 30 years, Milton has been working on the streets of Salvador, always dreaming of having his own business. He started by selling water in small plastic bags at Boa Viagem Beach. Later, he moved on to selling coffee in the Calçada neighborhood and then started selling snacks with juices…
Original’s AbaráSalvador Edgar Oliveira follows the daily routine of sales, having previously worked with peanuts and popsicles. A native of Salvador, he is known as “Original” since his early years and is a highly creative entrepreneur that the Imbuí neighborhood has known for quite some time. When asked why he became “Original,” he replied, “I…
