globalization and the recent brazilian economic boom have further enriched foreign culinary influences, and while maintaining its originality, carioca gastronomy has now significantly expanded to include some remarkably sophisticated recipes.

today gastronomy has reached such importance in rio to result in the creation of  a variety of culinary festivals and competitions such as the rio's festival gastronomico, the degusta rio, and the hosting of the worlds' pasta congress.

brazilian cuisine is now one of the richest in the world, and while typical regional cuisine can vary greatly throughout brazilian territory, in rio de janeiro feijoada stands out, along with the leão veloso shrimp soup - feijoada has in fact reached the status of one of the most typical national dish, serving as a symbol of brazilian cuisine, and widely known outside of the country.