Introduced to Brazil by the gauchos (Brazilian cowboys), sometime back in the 1500s, and now an established Brazilian addiction, Churrascos (pronounced shoo-haas-koh) seem to be catching on.They're popping up around the globe, and in places you would least expect to find them like Australia, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Germany, England, Poland, and Sweden. In Canada and the US interest is also growing. There are chains Fogo de Chao in the US or restaurants like the Samba Brazilian Steakhouse in Vancouver or Garden Brazil Grill in Shanghai, China.In the Latina garden grill buffet music restaurant English is better spoken but the menu has pictures and an Chinese-English description making navigation reasonably easy and understandably funny.What a fun, festive feast this will be to celebrate the last weekend of holiday! Start out with a cooler full of ice cold beers and sodas. Bring on the Shrimp in Avocado Boats. Put those chicken breasts on the grill and start cooking! When they're done, heap Poblano Chile Salsa over them and serve with a Watermelon Fruit Salad and Jalapeno Corn Bread. If anyone's still hungry after all that food - well then, bring out the ice cream maker and whip up your own ice cream. (Or, if you're not up for that, buy some!)
