Crossing the River (34 page)

          
   
fast, cheap, home-cooked stews at a self-serve

          
   
speckled
codorna
eggs dipped in spiced pepper

          
   
chilled coconut water

          
   
warm churros

          
   
five kinds of mangos at ten cents apiece

          
   
the Brazilian thumbs-up

          
   
the twangy sound of the
berimbau