This is not suitable for nutritionists and dietitians by profession indisputably if you want to maintain the figure you are looking for other motivating sources of marked abdomen those to which nothing hangs loose, this is for lovers of good food or if it is divided into lines it goes to those office workers who work a day of ten hours or more and what they want is to get to take a shower and then rest that without time to plan a healthy diet they opt for accessible and fast food, the street of hunger for tourists and street food For those who are jealous of homemade food protected from the fearsome germs.

I like to eat but I like you more, it is or is a tremendous compliment, I like to eat because it is wonderful it unites us around the table, it gives seriousness to work or festive meetings; Jesus Christ performed the miracle of turning water into wine at a wedding feast to which attended the exception of tremendous embarrassment in front of the guests, it was his first miracle according recall the men of faith. If there is a God of food, praise him. They invite us to eat when they want to know us better or to touch on delicate topics, they can throw food at us for fun or to the local waiter because it refuses to swallow such pollution by fly or hair in the soup under inspection bring health inspectors then sometimes bring you another complimentary dish of the house. It is correct, there are badly educated diners those who enter the toilet and do not get their hands on it after using it; that picky picky is valid in the taste buds, seeing an onion can be horrifying for some in my mouth is a delight as long as it is caramelized with a little oil because raw can leave an unpleasant smell when speaking and no matter how much brushing the tongue, it remains bitter, sorry love takes bad breath away. Learn about the difference between purple and a white vegetable, the red one is richer in antioxidants; the pigments responsible for its color, anthocyanins, prevent cancer and heart disease.

Do not shy away from strictly removing an element from the food pyramid, perhaps it is not the ideal formula or the preliminary mode that shocks the eye; Hypocrisy aside, it is known where the pastrami comes from, it is taken from the breast of the cow, the sausages of the piglets, the nuggets of the chicks, the fruits oxidize after being peeled, they begin to decompose far from the earth, veganism or preparing a good grill drinking beer freezing is like the consumer because others love the stuffed animal blood sausage or black pudding and also Reject an use of the mute in zoos, circuses, cages and bullfights. Jews have knowledge kill animals and sacred blood of the sacrifice debunks s in that in the slaughter suffers the creature, an unusual thing outlining the views.

The ugly side peeling potato sacks, wiping piles of dishes, the line at the supermarket, going to hunt for deals, competition, being a pioneer, really, to my satisfaction we have the best cocoa in the world and we are the creators of arepas and pies but the Colombian persist they were the first, the origin of the bid goes back to the food Arab and their tradition of eating small pieces rather than a single bite, they claim came to Colombia to by the Moors and domain s out in Spain, that’s weird because there would be sought the origin of flour packaged corn, pre-cooked, flour corn dough or mass of dried corn, admit no more, it was being sold and we gather together in the non-stick frying pan since through movies, novels, songs, series … it is possible to attract tourists, residents are bothered but the governors charge exaggerated fines of at least $ 1000 USD by sorting motives. I have lost count of the distraction minutes where I see such a brand in a second without being promotion, marketing does nothing subliminal.

It ‘s fun to flip through the recipes, taste the result of love, eat a carrot not enter a salad, it is chopped or look ugly, adding salt or other legumes, summary biological asks effort. When snooping around the neighbor’s shopping bag, you feel the push to ring the bell arriving paratrooper style or arriving from a rice cooker where it says free samples. But directly biting a cheese in someone else’s house or stealing farm animals is rude.

Paulo Ferreira was looking for retirement; by law of the state of New York You must sleep in the food truck in the driver’s seat during 16 years he rolls his jacket and leaned tight to the steering wheel, a tough mental test because they enjoy up early to a certain age talking about work you fight discomfort by being challenging to be persistent and pursue the American dream.

E l Brazilian immigrant was in the shop watching the aluminum shiny if catering traveling to the selling potential s offers exhibits almost new, Silvio or affection Ivo, the fate wanted to make the fat broth, asked a direction tongue tangled, his English was serviceable parts, being so torturous understand said go with the cops! Translating it to go out for drinks, it caused him one more drink not at the precise moment.

-What é brother? –Said Paulo in perfect Portuguese –

-E ai?

-Do you have an appetite?

-Three times a day, golden.

With the remains of Los Tacos de Paolu, threads of soda dripped from the corners as he almost swallowed the good Samaritan’s charity, Ivo bluntly explained his liver was bad and kidney stones could not be believed.

-I don’t sell organs or cat meat, I’m exhausted, and do you know how to wash?

-Yes, I can scrub whatever gets dirty, Mr. Ferreira.

-Will you need more than that, studies?

-No finish.

-Problems in the favela?

-I came with a green card.

-I mean here, if you don’t go to Columbia or a school with five-digit enrollment, here you have to sell much more on the street if you are exotic, do you want?

-Why do not do it yourself?

5:05 AM: you get ready to cut, clean the containers, vegetables, sterilization is the foundation, a fluttering fly rampages the complaining residents who want to see the streets of their neat metropolis, separated from foreigners, live it and get over it racism spreads invariable. In this task if the employees help you, some have taken professional culinary classes and bite superior to industrial blenders, set the goal of doing it, the forces of the body are depleting and the category chains pay in coppers although now you are their refractory due to the economics of your menus, never lower your quality. Nothing pre-cooked is prepared in the truck.

12: 1 0 AM: look for the truck and clean it, grill, pans, that you see your reflection, this every day of departure; I will leave you the keys, do not lose them if you wake up Bobby, he fumes, he will chase you with an iron pipe and runs without having to breathe, his cream-colored pitbull dog, Pit Zombie, throws himself just like the owner, he also understands you, give him meats, then you wags his tail or growls if you fall regularly. Red side grille key, green roll-up door, refrigerator gray, orange truck rear door, the black one turns on the ignition, the rest is for the windows.

1:00 AM: find a parking place in Manhattan or Brooklyn, you can risk in the Bronx but there is saturation of Latinos and enchiladas, puzzle your brains designing the card, if you think about NYC think of hot dogs, pizza, hamburger and tacos, don’t call him assholes or a hundred will appear around you ready to lynch you. Sleep in the truck overnight. It will be cold minus twenty degrees Celsius, wear a double scarf, triple socks, a quadruple shirt, divide it in the heat of Porto Alegre and multiply it between an ice cube, no co-worker will do that dirty work, put on the Ivo pack, show you want to be your own boss, delayed the alternate vetusta of aporrearse declining to employees. Being late means another take over the block, right in front of the building with thousands of hungry employees that is lost.

1:15 AM: careful when parking the backup cameras cost their own, a shiny rear view mirror supplies it, get out and turn on the generator, nobody wants to taste stale food, not very fresh, that and the state regulations.

2:02 AM: Remember you cannot sleep in the back of the truck, concentrate, recover your spirits and turn up the alarms, no one except you will be in the strategic site or another truck enters the rectangle delimited by the authorities, they will surely sell another theme ethnicity, proudly defend yours.

6: 2 0 AM: the morning preparation, watch out for tomatoes, avocados, bananas, which tend to oxidize once cut, generally fruits, be careful, the lemon flavor detracts from the properties of the rest. The employee who canceled $ 15 will come back furious and throw the food in your face, he wants to see color not only in the attractive packaging, he comes stressed and he leaves stressed until he takes a bite and if he comes back three, four times, you play nice. During the day the heat is scorching but you come from Brazil forget the air conditioning.

11:30 AM: You open the window to the passers-by at eleven o’clock they line up on the sidewalk, the public is served, forget the formalities (hi, how are you?) Those kinds of mediocre ministries of education, in Brazil there are a thousand ways to start a conversation therefore in NY as well. Any of those wolves of Wall Street will close a millionaire contract by means of finesse placed on the tablecloth, they will hire you by paying $ 5,000 -$ 8,000, subtract the expenses and you will continually test for the satisfaction of captivating customers, pregnant cats come, then the kitten comes out, goes to the kindergarten garden then becomes n adult s and continued buying in your place.

-Three people is too many line operators, you are going to pay $ 15 an hour each.

-Two? –You analyze those regulations-why are you going back to Rio, Paulo? Why do you help me? I mean, we have no relatives.

-I succumb to my s roots.

– Does the bald grab you?

– I do not speak literal donkey…

-You will big and clear label… Meats & Spirits and Liqueurs Meat and in the language of mom, tell under the slogan drink a steak!… combo number one, chicken breast marinated rehashed in beer and crushed garlic cloves with dots dried thyme, rosemary and bay leaf, garnished with lemon slices, garnish cup of peas, chopped carrots and rice, dessert optional glass of red wine; combo number two, pork chop with brandy browned on the grill adding two teaspoons of almond oil, sprinkling Provencal herbs on top, around the rich onion sauce, another ounce of sweet gorgonzola cheese and a cupcake for dessert because it’s for consumers who are attracted to candy; combo three infusing vodka with slices of bacon s butter, cream, pureed tomato and Parmesan cheese this is good alone, soda pale bubbly; Combo number four, creamy chicken liver pate, has a large spoonful of rum and two tablespoons of brandy, crushed red onion, caramelized and nothing happens here, accompanied by slices of whole wheat bread, you get off drinking coca; Quintessence combo, steak, nomothetic, the juicy and succulent undercooked meat is combined with the fine bubbles of champagne, it is the most expensive but the potatoes and asparagus are a sung penalty … well… What do you think?

-This is not from God -what? -water my mouth fasting. Excellent sommelier -he felt like father bear of the son he never had but men keep those intimacies to themselves by summarizing them in two or three words -did you check the drawer?

-If I shook the boss drawer, the liquor license almost expired, annoying?

-Or no.

-I’ll give you a $ 1 slice I know a good place -ah! Garoto- is serious Paolu, help the of the shopping nuts to transport it and pay me a bag and two dollars, to help him and I will continue assisting at nine fifteen, I did not look well and will not ask anything in return.

There are various types of stalls not all cost fifty thou great, owner operators reduce the need for staff but disputes the position s the law enforcers the blind eye, Ivo got into someone else ‘s mess, which conquered the aroma of freshly baked cookies, the vanilla gave off exquisite incense; also the tall woman Hindu retained his attentions, she struggled releasing reasoning that his position was a complement to the side of selling shawarma and Durum s that compete nothing to the lawyer brake the big boss, I advise to Ferreira; spending the night locked up in a patrol defending damsels in distress was poor.

-Let’s go elsewhere, miss, I help you with the weight of the cart, in New York there are plenty of opportunities -Valeu! Silvio, said bitingly -I’ll see you later I’ll bring you your slice Paolu, it’s not a dark girl for nothing but where do you live?

-In the warehouse where I keep the cart –he accepted looking at the sky-

-You bring something Grossa.

-Gro … what? -Something heavy happened; he continued explaining- in this corner let me, please, thank you, gentlemen.

-You don’t want to go anywhere else…

-You want to push the cart through all the blocks…

-No, was it my mouth?

-What do you mean?

-I speak others…

-You are spicy…

-Tea & Cookies? It’s a nice job… what do you sell for a dollar?

-Fortune cookies.

-Give me two…

-Ok… have this, courtesy of the street.

-I’m not helping you get an extra.

-I know…

-I’ll see you again…

-Perhaps…

-Meats & Spirits, street 23 in West Chelsea.

-Ābhārī hōṅ -it is a formal and polite way of saying thank you, it should sound like ob -ha-ri hun –

-Do you thank me? -Of course- How do you say you welcome?

-Sua -gut hey -sua -gut hey-

Wanted to keep yakking but wowed the moms with Kids, the color pastel blue contrasting with shades of brown freshly baked and chip giant chocolate are striking why the Turkish struggled his space, to nine is not a good time to look one spot, Ivo sensed was because heavy of the stand; I write that people help each other because in my environment it does not happen, you must be too pretty for a gentleman to offer to carry the loaded saddlebags, also because of the criminal indices a couple can offer to ease the load and run away; I hope that cherishes belt loosen the jacket because I examine women are weak in physical strength and are designed to assist us divergence of each other.

He added, interpreters are successful sales because me excited, I personally have sold items on the streets blighted by L Capital or Federal District of Santiago de León, taking to wear the shiny red tablecloth, other retailers let you clear will fall from the kicks and if you don’t come back is the providence of the wise; the changing weather, the impairments and s rivalries exhausted emotionally, salt is to absorb diatribes ineffective, it is hard to return crestfallen because they could sell anything from developing domestic. Your city is not bad, desert, jungle, snow and volcano, packed with natural resources but it is sullen to say the same of other com patriots born and raised there. There is the difference between a city and another summit in roads development, justification of his fortune in other directions, no one is a prophet in his own land and so profess the minds stragglers; we wallpaper the big red apple gloss contains the bonuses of placidity and in truth sighed to take a bite.

-I have an appetite and you bring me a fortune cookie, play nice, prepare a quickie, I left you on the bus and what? What does your cookie say…

-Always love those who are close to you… but the piece of chocolate is not shared, I’ll go and buy you a different one, let’s see and yours…

-Go with your instincts… has the decency to tell me if it’s crispy on the outside and soft on the inside…

-You have a hunch tastes to and the touch of sea salt sprinkled, quality.

-Did you ask her out?

-He does not loosen the name but I gave him my address and if he approaches I give him one of my menus, the romance enters his mouth. What did you decide?

-I’ll stay another little, I say, who will supply the angels and porters assists public.

-Would you do it? Would you help them…?

– Still together irmão.

Huxley Mullins, founder of Full Straws, is a different leathery engineer, and although the commercial alias describes him, he sells straws filled with candy; With your teeth you pull the filling or you slurp it, it is magnetic because chewing the plastic of the pens is magnetic and if inside it has a crunchy mouth, the chews create you an unconditional customer, he was not wearing, he was a walking tarantine in the tuned vest specially distributed in the chest models with striking pockets, in the transparent plastic pouches the straws the thickness of a marker raise questions that cost $ 1. That is what Samanta Flores was talking about in the interview about her possible new position.

-Your first article is about strange foods…?

-Top 3 bizarre street stalls in NYC.

-You told me you like to eat everything… are you sure?

-That includes eels, live insects, cockroaches… yes, very safe.

-Do you also write about classic foods?

-Of course, cheese cakes, burgers, sandwiches, doughnuts…

-Well… you know you’re opting for the critical post anonymous culinary and your salary out of a hotel sounded, I will omit the affiliation because one day random you send there and I need s or honest opinion, let you write a few times respect but it is important to purchase das There is no way to reserve a table, feel the glassware, the luxury, the cleanliness is superior, you understand? It is not just eating in the street because cooking is not carried out on public roads and using your hands is an oriental tradition.

-Perfect, I understand it is water and oil.

-Run away from the pleonasms, ok, this melts in my mouth and you speak of an ice cream cone; this palette is very refreshing ice is horrible to see the Endeavor or explain the taste d and l or edible on so many levels; do not act as if you had never eaten it, being false is notorious that is why the previous one was given indefinite vacations… if you hate cheesecake you cannot comment on cheesecakes because you will put your opinions and nobody cares what you ruminate on, you will say I prefer the red velvet cake Above the baby’s porridge, drawer, are different textures, colors, ingredients, preparation, presentation, prices and portions; beware is you go eyes on the amount, a pizza with seven layers of pepperoni is brine, is your judgment the winner, l to opponent is one slice with selected ingredients of the town and freshly cooked on firewood, that I write it, see.

-What do I do if they ask for money in exchange for the interview?

-There is no money, the subject is discussed, the address, prices, schedules and rating from one to five stars are dictated, if they want to know about gastronomic competitions, you invite them to download that application that you happened to check last night and yes, your salary you subtract the additional bonus, you must try the food pretend that you leave the pilates routine and complement with salads or rice; ride a bike and stop to refresh yourself with a milkshake or yogurt; say you are celiac; administer, spending $ 28 on lunch is a quarter of the incentive.

Thus, Full Straws lost the opportunity to the entrepreneur smelled by the exponential growth of the brands. Samanta dropped a couple of dollars into the tip pot, marking various messages on them -thanks for your tip, Mediterranean people ask, locals doodle leave me something asshole-she liked balls, tongue and veal tail a few steps from the train broadway johnson. Singularities are tested, some eat glue, others only maple syrup.

I admire those who never tire of repeating a dish; it is disgusting if I flick through the variables, simple lentils, white rice, cheese arepa, mint tea or mayonnaise pasta, I giddy up at the advent of highlights.

In social media, Sousa sniffed Tea & Cookies networks, he did not know the girl went to the truck, he was so overwhelmed that he did not notice the black drop on the Hindu woman’s brow, 1500 to 2000 containers are served quickly. Nilay is a strange girl… if he turns to me is looking at me uncertainly but is not destiny. Clean the bindi sitting on the lawn of the Washignton Square Park, the sacred cow lived better in the belly.

-Hi! huh?… Did you fracture? … -He was following a mango mask hair treatment and forgot about the concoction of the head covered with a plastic bag-

-How did you know where I live?

-Look for your advertising on the internet and the number in the phone book…

A slam of the door is enough for them and goodbye to rejection, nothing happened here. The sacrifices of packing the basics in the suitcase but sending certain greens to relatives gives the great prize of life, the power to pay. He was still charitable, San Ivo, named after San Paulo. A Ferreira was concerned  win fortune and forget about the planet because the lost the chance to be with the faithful and discreet family.

-Take beauty by surprise by smearing your hair with a paste so that it does not fall out.

-The only thing that stops hair loss is the floor.

-Ha ha ha, Ótimo!

If I suffer burns I will not rush to throw water at myself, I rub the wound through my hair several times or rosemary to avoid inherited loss; cotton soaked in the navel to combat menstrual cramps; I leave cucumber slices in the dark circles for fifteen minutes; I rub the banana peel on expression lines or teeth with a whitening effect; 4 sprigs of broccoli, 10 spinach leaves and a liter of water in detox juice to cleanse the colon or three drops of lemon juice in a cup of water on an empty stomach to reduce stomach swelling, natural laxative from milky smoothie or by the opposite potatoes to stop colic; nature is beautiful and offers us its primacies; dried and roasted pumpkin seeds save being lost in the trash can.

Vanilla Manuel became faithful awaiting your order at the window seeing transpire in the row, the acolytes said the individual right the pretend with those extra pounds.

-Hey you! I only have one great bill -shook Ulysses S. Grant –

-Cool bro, if you don’t have cash today, pay me tomorrow.

-Legitimate nigga!

The man in the back wanted to be rude because Manuel was paralyzed, goose -move on, lady, said the cow that was chewing rubber with its mouth open -I reaffirm the men who do not know us.

-Paz, I attend two and three at once…

The rules of courtesy never put the napkin on your lap as a bib or to wipe your sleeve; wash your hands before and after; avoid inurbane noises flatulence, belching or sucking; turn off your phone; take care of posture. With silverware or displayed pushing tired elbows on the table, it is to wrap thankless. It is gentlemanly to pull the chair to help a lady sit down.

-Love without a kiss is like spaghetti without cheese.

-Demorô! –Vanilla confessed-

In the city so pleasant that it was named twice, it is possible to open franchises by exchanging food coupons, 150 $ current dollars thrown by some swollen neighbor who saw the neighbor and what a shame to be seen poor, on the contrary Fabrizio Napolitano found a treasure.

-You have to believe in yourself 200%, so that others believe in you 100% -that or have fortune-rice and grains, you recognize the nobility of the cob grown 7000 years ago in Central America.

L or began filling the thermal lunchbox some maniacal friends sport has become a gastronomic destination for anyone who appreciates the D eli, every weekend begins competitions in the area s recreation s stacking the hawkers outside stadiums, it became personal as the cook wraps his hands around the tamales.

-You because you started to beat the mixture if you have menstruation.

-Superstitious, it was cut short because the eggs have to be at room temperature.

Placing the bread upside down brings bad luck because it is an offense to the body of Christ, kissing it when it falls to the ground or making crosses to ward off misfortunes; In Asian countries put chopsticks in a bowl of rice is perpendicular bad omen for its resemblance to the way in which it is placed incense honor NDO to the deceased; blow out the candles on top of the cake without forgetting to make a wish; spilling the salt invokes the demontre, neutralizing salt must be spread behind the left shoulder or sugar in front of the commercial premises.

Across the park, in summer, participants in exciting eating contests sign up, the protagonist is the one who gobbles up a large quantity of oysters, huge burgers, sausages, jalapeños, fried mushrooms, sandwiches, dumplings, chicken wings, mayonnaise, lobsters, kimchi, or 1/4-pound sticks of butter over time. No matter how disgusting it is to see these elite contenders eating worse than animals, for whatever reason, you can’t stop looking at them. Delight watching nutrition as manifest in the growth of the nails, the mood or the support incontestable of life.

-I have orange, melon, tamarind and Rickie Martin…

-Rickie Martin?

-Parchita.

They said goodbye to the dependent inept and crabby, walk into the grocery store the code by the grab tourniquet down the application for QR slide what you want from the shelves or digital self-services of at least 10 flavors item Coca Zero, Vanilla Coke, lime coke, orange coke… you put the barcode of the products back on the turnstile and the receipt arrives at your house.

Health! Let’s toast to the art -clink, clink, and clink! –

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