About the author

Juliana Araujo Lima

Student of the Master of Gastronomy at the University of Gastronomic Sciences. She is a journalist and videomaker born and raised in Belém, Brazil. She founded and worked as a food culture reporter and editor of the online magazine Na Cuia, as well as a content producer at a state-owned broadcaster in her hometown.

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Açaí

Açaí might be a trendy bowl now, but in the Eastern Amazon, it's a daily staple topped with shrimp, not strawberries. Its rise as a global superfood masks the rich traditions behind it and risks turning local lifeways into just another exportable trend.

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