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And if you split the words, it means "ass face." seriously. >> anthony: ass face? >> leonardo paixao: its actually exactly the words. >> anthony: so how was the -- how was your dinner tonight? were you -- were you busy? >> leonardo paixao: you know what happened tonight? it came like three clients. a lady with her husband and her chef. and she said, "oh, this is my chef. he is going to eat and me and my husband are not because were eating special food for detox. were full of restrictions and we ...

But he threw it all out in 2000 to start the comida do buteco, an annual competition for botecos. its a big deal here and it raised botecos from male-dominated, dirty glass joints to the centerpiece of the minera social scene. so whats on the menu? >> eduardo maya: boteco in minas is a bit like the italians. we eat a lot of pork here. an important thing about the boteco in minas is that they serve real food -- food from minas gerais. >> anthony: so what are we having tonight? >> eduardo maya: i ...

Alone. its a philosophy that carries over to the botecos. theyre basically neighborhood joints found all over brazil serving beers, cachaca, and a few homemade dishes. places like this one -- bar do careca. what are the requirements that define a boteco? >> eduardo maya: its a place where the family is. behind the counter full-time. >> anthony: mom and pop. >> eduardo maya: mom and papa, yeah. >> anthony: eduardo maya is a self-taught gastronome and paterfamilias of the boteco scene here. luiz o...

Inhotim. a massive jurassic park for contemporary art stuck smack-dab in the middle of seemingly nowhere. a place that will make you say, "what the hell is this doing here?" >> beatriz: this museum has put minas gerais in the world art map. everybody that is in contemporary art today knows this place or have heard about this place. >> anthony: wow. >> beatriz: wow. >> anthony: beatriz lemos de sa is an art dealer who represents brazilian artists based in belo. >> beatriz: this is tunga pavilion....

French. but why do you think brazilian food -- real brazilian food, does not have a higher profile internationally? >> boy: its a hard question because most chefs and other people who work with food will think this everyday. >> galastro: we just have to figure out how to get ingredients there. >> group: yeah. [ laughs ] >> anthony: yeah. this is a problem. because a lot of the really amazing brazilian products just dont travel. you cant. >> galastro: you have a health department system that cont...

Shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪ [ whistle blows ] ♪ >> anthony: chances are you have never been here. in fact, it is likely that you may never have even heard of this place. tourists dont really come here. there are few hotels, no major attractions. [ man speaking portuguese ] >> anthony: the state of minas gerai...

Its about the size of france, covered by farmland, mountains, and savannah. belo horizonte is the capital, a center for the brazilian banking and tech industry. a planned city. built in the late 1800s. five million people live in the metropolitan area. its one of the fastest growing cities in brazil, in the world in fact, yet its still relatively unknown in the outside world. but if you travel through brazil and you talk about food, which i have and i do, you hear about this place. you hear abou...

"what the hell is this doing here?" >> beatriz: this museum has put minas gerais in the world art map. everybody that is in contemporary art today knows this place or have heard about this place. >> anthony: wow. >> beatriz: wow. >> anthony: beatriz lemos de sa is an art dealer who represents brazilian artists based in belo. >> beatriz: this is tunga pavilion. tunga is one of the major contemporary artists in brazil. he started his work in the 70s, and he has also this revolutionary side. he lik...

Buteco, an annual competition for botecos. its a big deal here and it raised botecos from male-dominated, dirty glass joints to the centerpiece of the minera social scene. so whats on the menu? >> eduardo maya: boteco in minas is a bit like the italians. we eat a lot of pork here. an important thing about the boteco in minas is that they serve real food -- food from minas gerais. >> anthony: so what are we having tonight? >> eduardo maya: i think we are having tongue, of course. ox tongue. >> an...

Over to the botecos. theyre basically neighborhood joints found all over brazil serving beers, cachaca, and a few homemade dishes. places like this one -- bar do careca. what are the requirements that define a boteco? >> eduardo maya: its a place where the family is. behind the counter full-time. >> anthony: mom and pop. >> eduardo maya: mom and papa, yeah. >> anthony: eduardo maya is a self-taught gastronome and paterfamilias of the boteco scene here. luiz otavio, a beverage tycoon who speciali...