Eat like Bourdain: Brazil

Bourdain had: beer.

Beer dates: Jayme Figura, a poet, sculptor, painter, and musician who roams the streets of the historic neighborhood of Pelo in a kind of performance art; Carlos Alberto Da Silva, translator.

Bourdain ate: a crab dish.

Lunch dates: two capoeira masters, Janja is Rosangeus Costa Araujo and Paula Cristina da Silva Barreto Paulinia, who teach capoeira in classrooms and on stages.

Bourdain had: beer.

Drink dates: Claudio Madureiro and Marília Hughes Guerreiro Costa, at a streetside cafe/bar on a big music and party night in the storied neighborhood of Pelo.

Bourdain had: acarajé (a falafel-like wad of crushed black-eyed peas, seasoned with brown brine shrimp and onions, deep-fried until crispy and golden, with chili spice in dendê oil).

Bourdain had: blowfish with lemon, coriander, onion, tomato, coconut milk, and dendê oil; beer; liquor.

Blowfish date: Bel Borba, world-famous local sculptor and painter and blowfish aficionado.

Tony jumps on a boat with a bunch of friends to have a beach party Salvador-style on an island off the coast of the city.

Bourdain ate: fresh fish and crab.

Bourdain had: beer and liquor; spicy salsa of garlic, tomato, onions, and peppers; some deep-fried little smelts; larger catch described as “big red fish”; and tuna.