Brasília - This weekend the government will officially launch a new project, "Brazilian Kitchen - Eating Intelligently," with support of the Industrial Social Service (Sesi) as part of the Zero Hunger program. The objective is to teach people to use food better and reduce waste in the kitchen. The project has 40 mobile kitchens that will roam the country carrying nutritionists who will give classes.

On the menu: roast beef with watermelon rind, banana peeling cake, roasted pumpkin seeds, salad of pumpkin skin, pizza of watercress stalks and so forth. "We are going to teach 250 recipes," says Jair Meneguelli, head of Sesi.

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Brazil is one of the world's champion food wasters.

Agência Brasil
Translator: Allen Bennett
08/11/2004