Alexandra Forbes goes on a search for priprioca, an Amazonian root

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More on www.brazilforinsiders.com Alexandra Forbes, food and travel writer, plays the explorer and goes on a search for priprioca, a hard-to-find Amazonian root that only now is starting to be used in cooking by Brazilian chefs. Chef Alex Atala, chef-owner of DOM restaurant in São Paulo, was the first to use priprioca essence in a professional kitchen - it gives a distinctive flavour to a flan at DOM and to a chocolate pot-de-crême at his more casual restaurant, Dalva e Dito....