2017-06-04
Brazilians have a way of making their food look undeniably brazilian. Whether it’s adding way to much sugar to coffee or putting meat in literally everything, in spite of the fact that it may be a vegetarian dish. This dish may look as familiar to you as it does foreign, but maybe the...
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Sitting at the very base of Brazilian culture: food, seemingly simple, yet it has a strong ability to bring people together. Much of Brazil’s cultural diversity derives from it’s epic diversity of cuisine throughout different regions of the country. Food in Brazil contrasts drastically from North to South. This dish, pictured...
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It should come as no surprise that one of the largest influences during my bridge year was my Brazilian host family, the Pereira’s. My host family, host parents especially, are a very traditional family who ran a local bakery for the past 24 years.. My host parents were both born and raised in the community...
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In the past few weeks, I have experienced what this terrifying thing called “adulthood” is. Since the last time people gathered in my presence to eat cake and expel their appreciation for my existence upon me, I have been told i am now truly responsible for myself. Everyone knows what responsibility means, it’s very basic...
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In the past few weeks, I have experienced what this terrifying thing called “adulthood” is. Since the last time people gathered in my presence to eat cake and expel their appreciation for my existence upon me, I have been told i am now truly responsible for myself. Everyone knows what responsibility means, it’s very basic...
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As I started to write this blog post, I sat in silence and frustration, resenting my inability to understand my host family, disappointed in myself for learning Portuguese at a slower pace than my peers, and afraid of the emotion and internal conflict I am filled with since it is unlike any I have experienced...
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