Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Bourdain explores Minas Gerais, a southeastern Brazilian state known for nurturing some of the best chefs in the world. In the lush highlands of the region, he indulges in heavy, pork-dependent rustic cuisine like slow-cooked stews. There he also gains a deeper understanding of how fundamental the African influence is to Brazil, a country that, Bourdain says, continues to be “deeply divided along racial lines.”