Mexico has tequila. Colombia has aguardiente. Cuba has rum. Brazil’s spirit goes by the name of cachaça, a rum-like liquor steeped in history. Unlike much rum, it is not made from molasses but from ...

The elimination rounds of the World Cup have begun, meaning that every match will be fought until one team emerges victorious and another defeated. For the losing team, it is a sobering journey home, ...

Until last week, I had no idea that June 12 was National Cachaca Day. Did anyone wish you and yours a Happy National Cachaca Day yesterday? I bet not. I'll go out on a limb and bet that none of your ...

Rafael Tonon is an award-winning journalist, writer, curator, and researcher, covering food trends and the restaurant industry in Brazil and Portugal for Slate, The Washington Post, Epicurious, Atlas ...

I did not go to Rio for the mist. But as I walked along the curve of Ipanema beach my first morning there, the sky was the color of a nickel and was drizzling down a fine, weightless rain. It had sent ...