The Parisian Adèle Toussaint-Samson (1826-1886) traveled to Rio, Brazil in the early 1850s where chronicled her observations about Brazilian foodways including street food. She provides a wonderful description of a fish market and female Afro-Brazilian street vender near the market selling “smoking batatas doces [sweet potato dish], fried sardines, and some angú” (manioc flour gravy) under a large linen umbrella.
