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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 don't travel. you can't. >> galastro: you have a health department system that controls with an iron hand, you know? >> anthony: i can tell that. i mean, it's tough. >> galastro: we've got a lot of problems here in minas with our cheese, 'cause it's made of raw milk. i've never seen or heard anyone that even got sick by eating our cheese. by our blood sausage. we grew up eating that. >> felipe: should we bring the milk? >> anthony:...

[ birds chirping ] >> anthony: about 60 kilometers outside of bello horizonte, you're in the jungle. deep, thick, loud jungle, and buried within that seemingly hostile environment you'll find one of the most curious and extraordinary places in all of brazil. inhotim. a massive jurassic park for contemporary art stuck smack-dab in the middle of seemingly nowhere. a place that will make you say,

And if you split the words, it means "ass face." seriously. >> anthony: ass face? >> leonardo paixao: it's 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 we're eating special food for detox. we're full of restrictions and we brought -- we brought our soup, so if you can please heat my soup for me because detoxing." >> an...

[ birds chirping ] >> anthony: about 60 kilometers outside of bello horizonte, you're in the jungle. deep, thick, loud, jungle, and buried within that hostile environment you'll find one of the most curious and extraordinary places in all of brazil. 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?"

I've been told time and again, this is where the best chefs come from. the question is, why don't you hear that outside of brazil? why hasn't the cuisine of minas caught on worldwide? >> leonardo paixao: the pots here are made up of chalkstone. uh my -- my grandmother still cooks in them. >> anthony: oh yeah, oh yeah. >> leonardo paixao: if you go to heplace, you got a lot of those. >> anthony: chef leo paixao is also asking that question. born and raised here, he grew up cooking traditional mineira cuisine and went on to study in france under the likes of joel robuchon. now he's back with his...