the gastronomic aspect of the book features not only suggestions for dining out at eateries, but traditional carioca recipes  as well - carioca flavors and tours is available in most bookstores, and on-line via livraria travessa here or via cia dos livros here.

published by editora casa da palavra, 'confeitaria colombo: sabores de uma cidade' (confeitaria colombo: flavor of a city) is a historical account of the more than 100 years that the prided confeitaria colombo has been in operating.

located in the downtown area of rio de janeiro, the elegant and grandiose cafeteria is one of the most recognized points of interest in the city, at one time being regularly frequented by the most important people in not only rio and brazil, but by notable people from around the world.