Brazil: A Cook's Tour

Following up her earlier ckbk feature on Brazil’s savory traditions, chef and cookbook enthusiast Luciana Corrêa now looks at the sweet dishes—making use of a wide range of tropical ingedients— which are every bit as central to Brazil’s cuisine.

To celebrate the recent arrival of Olivia Mesquita’s book, Authentic Brazilian Home Cooking on ckbk, we asked Brazilian chef and cookbook enthusiast Luciana Corrêa to give her own perspective on the dishes at the heart of Brazilian cuisine—some national favorites, others specific to a particular region. In the first installment of this two-part feature, Luciana looks at the best of Brazil’s savory cooking.

As a continent, South America is rich in diversity between its countries, but whether you look to Argentina or Brazil, Peru or Colombia, each country and its cuisine is built on exceptional local produce, ancient tradition, and a multilayered set of influences from incomers across the centuries. We have three books newly added to ckbk that bring you some of the tastes and traditions of South America.

‘Combining academic knowledge with Brazilian soul, Morena developed a culinary style that is both sophisticated and deeply rooted in popular traditions. (…) She has built a name not only for her skills as a chef but also for the way she weaves gastronomy with education, art, sustainability, and social inclusion. For her, cooking is a way of communicating with the world—and her language is affection. She believes Brazilian cuisine is, above all, emotional.’  Luciana Corrêa

After a decade at the forefront of the Edinburgh dining scene working under Tom Kitchin, Roberta Hall-McCarron and husband Shaun opened their first venue together.Now, with flagship The Little Chartroom, sister restaurant Eleanore, and wine bar Ardfern, they run a culinary mini-empire in the Scottish capital’s quiet outpost of Leith.You may also know Roberta and her exceptional food from her two appearances on Great British Menu. We are extremely pleased to bring you The Changing Tides, Roberta’s first cookbook, on publication day.