Ruffians & Recipes

The Portuguese maritime empire was the world's first truly global empire. New trade routes criss-crossed the oceans, creating a global consciousness, and rapidly spreading the flora and fauna of the New World to Europe, Asia and Africa. Told through the exploits of the Portuguese explorers - not a few ruffians among them - this story is about the people they met along the way, and the recipes that emerged from the collision of cultures. Aproveite!