those without the time to wait for fresh păo de queijo can grab some biscoitos de polvilho. with roots tracing back to the plantations of 18th century minas gerais and made famous by the globo bakery brand, the simple cookie of water, milk, oil and flour is sold on the street by vendors, who are the sole method of distribution for the 150,000 packets sold daily in rio de janeiro.
being the cosmopolitan city that it is, rio de janeiro even has a pizza tradition, though in typical carioca fashion, the pizza portuguesa reflects the particular brazilian tastes as it does its continental roots.
