Editing Brazilian cuisine (section)

==Popular dishes==
{{see also|List of Brazilian dishes}}
[[File:Frango à parmegiana.jpg|thumb|200px|Bife à parmegiana, one of the most traditional dishes of Brazil]]
[[File:Bife com ovo a cavalo.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Bife a cavalo]], a steak topped with an egg, served with fries]]
[[File:Frango.à.passarinho.2.jpg|thumb|200px|''Frango a passarinho'', a chicken dish, as served in the state of [[Minas Gerais]]]]
[[File:Brazilian lunch, 2012.jpg|thumb|200px|A typical Brazilian lunch consists of [[rice]], [[beans]], [[farofa]], [[picanha]] and [[vinagrete]] prepared with chopped onion, tomato and pepper, vinegar, oil]]
[[File:Pizza! One of São Paulo's best treats! (9691515439).jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Brazilian Pizza|Brazilian pizza]] can have just about any flavor. Pictured is a half mozzarella, tomato, olives and spices ([[wikt:savory|savory]]) and half chocolate, coconut and cherries (sweet) pizza]]
[[File:Cachorro-quente.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Brazilian hot dog]] with [[tomato]], [[corn]], batata-palha ([[straw]]-[[fries]]) and [[onion]]]]

Brazilian cuisine is recognized around the world for its variety and quality. The city of [[São Paulo]] was chosen as the 7th main gastronomic destination in the world, for its recognized [[restaurant]]s and [[bar (establishment)|bar]]s. This Brazilian city comes after [[Rome]], [[London]], [[Paris]], [[Dubai]], [[Barcelona]] and [[Madrid]]. The city of São Paulo alone has more than 9,000 restaurants and bars.

* '''[[Rice and beans]]''' is an extremely popular dish, considered basic at a table; a tradition Brazil shares with several Caribbean nations. Brazilian rice and beans usually are cooked utilizing either [[lard]] or the nowadays more common edible [[Vegetable oil|vegetable fats and oils]], in a variation of the Mediterranean [[sofrito]] locally called ''refogado'' which usually includes garlic in both recipes.
* In variation to rice and beans, Brazilians usually eat [[pasta]] (including [[spaghetti]], [[lasagne]], [[gnocchi]], ''[[Ramen|lamen]]'', and ''[[rice vermicelli|bīfun]]''), [[pasta salad]], various dishes using either potato or manioc, and [[polenta]] as substitutions for rice, as well as salads, dumplings or soups of green [[pea]]s, [[chickpea]]s, [[black-eyed pea]]s, [[broad bean]]s, [[wikt:butter bean|butter beans]], [[soybean]]s, [[lentil]]s, ''[[mung bean|moyashi]]'' (which came to Brazil due to the [[Chinese cuisine|Chinese]] and [[Japanese cuisine|Japanese]] tradition of eating its sprouts), ''[[azuki]]'', and other legumes in substitution for the common beans cultivated in South America since Pre-Columbian times. It is more common to eat substitutions for daily rice and beans in festivities such as Christmas and New Year's Eve (the tradition is lentils), as the follow-up of ''[[churrasco]]'' (mainly [[potato salad]]/[[carrot salad]], called ''maionese'', due to the widespread use of both industrial and home-made [[mayonnaise]], which can include egg whites, raw onion, green peas, sweetcorn or even [[chayote]] squashes, and pronounced almost exactly as in English and French) and in other special occasions.
* Either way the basis of Brazilian daily cuisine is the [[starch]] (most often a [[cereal]]), legume, protein and vegetable combination. There is also a differentiation between vegetables of the ''verduras'' group, or greens, and the ''legumes'' group (no relation to the botanic concept), or non-green vegetables. 
* '''[[Churrasco]]''' is the main dish of [[southern Brazil]]. Over time, other regions of Brazil adopted churrasco and created other ways of making it. The restaurant specializing in churrasco is a [[churrascaria]].
* '''[[Picanha]]''' is a typical Brazilian cut of meat, being the most appreciated by the people of the country.
* '''[[Farofa]]''', cooked [[cassava]] flour that is served as an accompaniment/condiment. Its crunchiness is especially appreciated.
* '''[[Bife a cavalo]]''': a steak topped with a fried egg, usually accompanied by French fries and sometimes salad.
* '''{{ill|Bife à parmegiana|pt}}''': fried steak, consisting of a sliced piece of meat, breaded with wheat flour and eggs (egg whites), topped with parmesan cheese and lots of tomato sauce and seasonings such as oregano to taste. Sometimes parmesan replaces mozzarella slices. Although it is a dish invented in Brazil and typical of Brazilian culture, generally, in the country itself, it is considered an Italian recipe.
* '''[[Virado]]''', typical dish from the state of São Paulo, where it is also known as Virado à Paulista, which consists of a pork chop, fried plantain, cassava flour beans, rice, cabbage and fried egg.
* '''{{ill|Tutu de feijão|pt}}''', typical dish from the state of Minas Gerais, made with boiled beans, sautéed and thickened with cassava or corn flour. It is usually sautéed with pieces of fried bacon, onion and garlic, and mixed with cassava flour or corn flour depending on the type of bean.
* '''[[Arroz carreteiro]]''' is a typical dish from the southern region of Brazil, made from rice to which is added finely chopped and sautéed beef, shredded or minced dried meat or sun-dried meat, sometimes paio, bacon and chorizo. in pieces, sautéed in a lot of fat, with garlic, onion, tomato and parsley, always with a lot of seasoning.
* '''[[Galinhada]]''' is a typical dish from the states of Paraná, São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Goiás, which consists of cooked rice and cooked chicken pieces. The seasoning is composed of saffron (which gives the rice the typical yellowish color), [[vinagrete]] (optional and to accompany), and bean tutu. The typical Goiás chicken dish contains guariroba (a type of bitter palm) and pequi.
* '''{{ill|Barreado|pt}}'''<ref>[https://barreado.com.br/ Barreado]</ref> is a typical dish of Parana State, Brazil. It is a slow-cooked meat stew prepared in a clay pot whose lid is sealed with a sort of clay made from wheat or cassava flour, hence the name (which means, literally, "muddied"). Traditionally, Barreado was made of buffalo meat, but nowadays it is usually made of beef, bacon, tomatoes, onion, cumin and other spices, placed in successive layers in a large clay urn, covered and then "barreada" (sealed) with a paste of ash and farinha (manioc flour), and then slowly cooked in a wood-fired oven for 12 to 18 hours. Nowadays pressure cookers and gas or electric ovens are more commonly used.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://traveltoparana.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/barreado-the-famous-typical-dish-of-parana-state/|title=Barreado: The Famous Typical Dish of Paraná State!|date=November 24, 2009}}</ref>
* '''[[Pizza]]''' is also extremely popular. It is usually made in a wood-fired oven with a thin, flexible crust, little or very little sauce, and a number of interesting toppings. While it is normal for a pizza to be thin and with few ingredients (the "traditional" Italian pizza), in Brazil it can have more than 100 flavors, savory (with ingredients such as {{ill|linguiça calabresa|pt}}, pepperoni, egg, tomato, poultry (either milled [[chicken (food)|chicken]] meat or smoked [[turkey breast]]), [[catupiry]], Canadian loin, tuna, onion and you can still find pizzas with more exotic flavors such as hamburger, stroganoff or sushi) or sweets (with flavors such as [[chocolate]], [[banana]] with [[cinnamon]], [[goiabada]] with cheese, [[fig]], with scoops of ice cream, M&Ms, etc.).Traditionally olive oil is poured over the pizza, but in some regions people enjoy ketchup, mustard and even mayonnaise on pizza.
* '''[[Cachorro quente]]''' is the Brazilian version of [[hot dog]]s. It is another dish that has been modified in Brazil, practically becoming a complete lunch. There, the most common version is the "X-Tudo" (in literal translation, cheese-everything), or "Podrão", where, in addition to conventional bread and sausages with ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise, it is filled with a series of additional ingredients ranging from straw fries, grated Parmesan cheese, corn kernels, peas and olives to quail eggs.
* '''[[Misto-quente]]''' is grilled ham and cheese sandwich.
* '''Angu''' is a popular side dish (or a substitution for rice replacing the "starch element" and it is commonly used in [[South Region, Brazil|Southern]] and [[Southeast Region, Brazil|Southeastern Brazil]]). It is similar to the Italian polenta.
* '''Arroz com pequi''' is a traditional dish from the Brazilian [[Cerrado]], and the symbol of [[Center-West Region, Brazil|Center-Western Brazil]]'s cuisine. It is basically made with rice seasoned on [[pequi]], also known as a souari nut, and often chicken.
* '''Cuscuz branco''' is a dessert consisting of milled [[tapioca]] cooked with [[coconut milk]] and sugar and is the couscous equivalent of rice pudding.
* '''[[Açaí]]''', '''[[cupuaçu]]''', '''[[carambola]]''', and many other tropical fruits are shipped from the [[Amazon Rainforest]] and consumed in smoothies or as fresh fruit. Other aspects of [[Amazonian cuisine]] are also gaining a following.
* [[Araucaria angustifolia|Pinhão]] is the [[pine nut]] of the ''Araucaria angustifolia'', a common tree in the highlands of southern Brazil. The nuts are boiled and eaten as a snack in the winter months. It is typically eaten during the [[festas juninas]].
* ''Risoto'' ([[risotto]]) is an Italian originated rice dish cooked with chicken, shrimp, and seafood in general or other protein staples sometimes served with vegetables, another very popular dish in Southern Brazil due to massive waves of Italian immigration.
* [[Mortadella sandwich]] is very common in [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]] due to [[Italian Brazilians|Italian immigration]].

Also noteworthy are:
* Special ethnic foods and restaurants that are frequently found in Brazil include [[Arab cuisine]] ([[Lebanese cuisine|Lebanese]] and [[Syrian cuisine|Syrian]]), local variations of [[Chinese cuisine]] (nevertheless closer to the traditional than [[American Chinese cuisine]]), [[Italian cuisine]], and [[Japanese cuisine]] ([[sushi]] bars are a constant in major metropolises, and people from [[Rio de Janeiro]] are more used to ''[[temaki]]'' than people from [[São Paulo]], home of more than 70% of the Japanese diaspora in the country).
* [[Brazil nut cake]] is a cake in Brazilian cuisine that is common and popular in the [[Amazon rainforest|Amazon]] region of Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.<ref>{{cite book | last=Castella | first=K. | title=A World of Cake | publisher=Storey Publishing, LLC | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-60342-446-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z20XOWapBCEC&pg=PT251}}</ref>
* ''[[Broa]]'', cornbread with [[fennel]].
* ''[[Pirão (food)|Pirão]]'', a [[porridge]]-like dish of manioc in fish stock.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pirão {{!}} Traditional Porridge From Brazil |url=https://www.tasteatlas.com/pirao |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=TasteAtlas}}</ref>
* ''[[Pão na chapa]]'', a popular breakfast food.