Chef Teresa Corção is the guest of the unpublished edition of Cuisinethat the TV Brazil It will air this Saturday (8) at 13h. During the program, host Regina Tchelly chats with Teresa about cassava, also known as cassava or macaxeira.
Despite having so many names, the “Queen of Brazil” is so unique that it can not be missed on the table of Brazilians. Food and nutritional security symbol, cassava is versatile, powerful and feeds millions of people every day.
Teresa Corção, who runs the Maniva Institute, focused on the strengthening of family farming, specializes in the study of cassava in Brazil.
To honor this important food, consumed from north to south of the country, chef Regina shows innovative recipes with the tuber while talking about hunger in Brazil. She and Teresa prepare Torresminho de Escasca de Macaxeira, Croak Cake and Coconut and Tapioca Beeju with Beetroot.
The original content of the public broadcaster prioritizes healthy, nutritious, low cost and full use of food. THE Cuisine can be accompanied on youtube on the channel and is available on the app TV Brasil Play.
About the kitchen xodo
Presented by chef Regina Tchelly, in TV Brazilthe program Cuisine It seeks to encourage healthy and low cost eating. The debut season has 26 episodes. Each edition has a special guest to prepare recipes with a specific food and talk about a theme. The production receives personalities such as Bela Gil, André Trigueiro and Sidarta Ribeiro, among others.
With her affection and charisma, chef Regina Tchelly has a very characteristic language to captivate the audience and respondents of the new television attraction. “The guests are amazing and I’m happy to be meeting with so many people who are making it happen, showing that it is possible to eat well, in a healthy and affordable way,” he says.
The subjects discussed in production revolve around issues such as sustainability, fighting hunger, food seasonality, income generation, entrepreneurship and financial education. In addition, the program values traditional and affective culture, as well as addressing dishes that evoke culinary memories and inheritances.
The attraction is recorded in the kitchen of the Organic Favela Project, an initiative designed by Regina Tchelly who has been promoting healthy cuisine in the Babylon and Hat Mangueira Hat for 13 years, in the south of Rio de Janeiro.
Co -production performed by TV Brazil With Kromaki, the Cuisine He is directed by Pedro Asbeg.
About the organic slum
The Organic Favela has already received several national and international awards for its actions aimed at promoting food safety, professional training and a change in consumer culture and food waste. Chef, social entrepreneur and founder of the project, Regina is Paraibana and lives in Rio de Janeiro for 20 years.