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Catherine Balston

São Paulo
As seen in: Folha de S.Paulo, Medium, MSN UK, UOL, BBC, The Guardian, The Telegraph, La Nación (Argentina), Marriott Bonvoy Traveler, Time Out London and
Freelance food and travel journalist and editor in São Paulo. Former Deputy Ed at Time Out São Paulo

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A British journalist based between São Paulo and London, writing mainly about food and travel as well as culture and the arts. Freelancer for The Guardian, Monocle, Food and Travel, BBC Good Food and others, and author of travel guides for Wallpaper*, Fodor's and Louis Vuitton. Deputy Editor of Time Out São Paulo from 2011 - 2014. Freelance editor on projects including FIFA World Cup official city guide and Rio2016.com.

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Tapioca: the hated school pudding makes a culinary comeback

Tapioca: the hated school pudding makes a culinary comeback

Fish eyes, frogspawn or eyeball pudding - synonyms for Britain's most hated school pudding, tapioca. Loathed …

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License to kiln - Issue 81

License to kiln - Issue 81

Cunha in Brazil may be a world away from Japan but the latter's ancient legacy of firing and glazing is livin…

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Botafogo, the in-betweener neighbourhood, making its mark on Rio

Botafogo, the in-betweener neighbourhood, making its mark on Rio

"BotaSoho" is what the coverline in a local magazine called the historic Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Bota…

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Ouro Preto | Food and Travel

Ouro Preto | Food and Travel

Put on some sensible shoes and hit Ouro Preto's warren of vertiginous, cobbled streets, taking in the grand b…

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Best cheap eats in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Best cheap eats in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

No trip to Belo Horizonte would be complete without a proper immersion in the local comida mineira - the much…

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Brazil World Cup city guide: 10 best places to eat and drink in Manaus

Brazil World Cup city guide: 10 best places to eat and drink in Manaus

Bargain restaurants are harder to come by in remote Manaus, bang in the middle of the Amazon, since much of t…

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Carnival fever grips Brazil with record tourism as cities grapple for the crown

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By Catherine Balston
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Brazil's biggest party is just days away. Right now, revellers across the country are stocking up on glitter, body paint and fishnet tights. They're putting the final touches on new costumes or shaking out old ones before the country grinds to a halt for Carnival. Held in the days running up to Lent, from 13 to 18 February this year, it's a moment of collective catharsis when anything goes.
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Why the Academy Awards should get rid of its foreign-language category

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By Catherine Balston
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Film's gilded night is drawing ever closer and today The Academy will shortlist the titles up for winning an Oscar come March. Brazilians, who have already been in party mode celebrating the double Golden Globe success of O Agente Secreto ( The Secret Agent), are steadying themselves for further merriment. Set during Brazil's late-1970s military dictatorship, it scooped Best Motion Picture in the non-English category, while the star, Wagner Moura, won Best Performance by a Male Actor in a drama.
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São Paulo, South America's rising design capital

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By Catherine Balston
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A new pool of young talent is lifting the city's creative ambitions. We speak to a few creatives leading the way. "All of Brazil can be found in São Paulo," says Manu Reyes, co-founder of Studio Reyes. "My father came to São Paulo [from Bolivia] because he saw that it was full of possibilities." After a stint abroad, enrolling in courses and doing apprenticeships, Reyes returned to the metropolis and established her studio with her sister, Moira, in 2023.
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