Brazil’s cuisine as diverse as the country’s population

Let’s take a break from the victories and losses and controversies and scandals playing out in Brazil these days and think about — what else? — the food. You could, were you being a bit whimsical, consider churrasco the Brazilian equivalent of fried chicken. Both dishes hail from the southern part of countries that have about the same geographical mass and regional cuisines driven by a rich diversity of immigrants, and both have spread throughout their native countries and beyond.