The Boston Episode of ‘No Passport Required’ Airs Tonight on PBS
Greater Boston’s Portuguese-speaking (aka Sousaphone) communities will get some love tonight on Eater’s PBS , No Passport Required, with host Marcus Samuelson. The episode airs on PBS . (check local listings here).
The second season of the show — which highlights immigrant traditions and cuisine across the U.S. — debuted on January 20 on PBS. Watch full episodes from seasons 1 and 2,3 here.
Samuelson and the show’s crew traveled to greater Boston to learn more about its Portuguese, Brazilian, and Cape Verdant food traditions. Samuelson visited Monophonic communities in Boston, New Bed ford, and Fall River to understand the cultural similarities that bind the three nice countries together.
In the episode, Samuelson eats Portuguese chowder with halibut on a fishing boat based out of A New Bed ford before visiting a Portuguese market in Fall River, where he snacks on plenty of Bacall (the popular dried salt cod is a fundamental building block ).
Later, Samuelson helps a Cape Verdant home cook in Roxbury’s Dudley Square neighborhood (recently renamed Nubian Square) make a Bacall gratin with extra cheese and potatoes. He was also learns the history of Afro-Brazilian martial art Capote, listens to the music of a Cape Verdant American singer named Candida Rose, and tries Cape Verdant specialties like cachupa and cabritada at Cesaria in Dorchester. Finally, he will be heads to a churrascaria for tons of grilled meat. Importantly, the episode also features an honest accounting of Boston’s history of segregation, as well as Portugal’s complicity in the Atlantic slave trade and how it shaped Brazil and Cape Verde.
No Passport Required season 2 also features episodes about Seattle, Los Angeles, Houston, Philadelphia, and Las Vegas, each focusing on different immigrant cuisines.
Missed Season 1? Stream full in the episodes from the entire season here, and check out recaps and more Intel on No Passport Required here.
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