"This recipe is very close to the feijoada my mom used to make when I was growing up in Brazil," says the lifestyle star and co-author of Just Try One Bite, a children’s book about picky eaters. "It ...

Party attitude: You see it at Gauchos Village in Glendale, where a live samba band plays on weekends and sequined dancers appear once an hour to dance in the aisles like Carnaval-crazed cuckoo clocks.

Pork and beans is an age-old combination, expressed in countless ways around the world. Southwestern pinto beans refried in lard. Asian tofu with pork sauce. The all-American can of pork and beans.

Feijoada, one of Brazilian’s national dishes, is adored by rich and poor alike. It’s soul food: black beans and many kinds of pork meat stewed together in one pungent, satisfying dish. When I lived in ...

Bolinha Restaurante’s take on Brazil’s national dish will leave you very happy and very full. If you bring feijoada up with anyone in São Paulo, Bolinha is usually the first restaurant mentioned. Uber ...