Even if you can’t go to Rio, Rio can come to you in the form of games-watching snacks, and we’ve got the perfect thing: Brazilian-style fried bananas, all golden with caramelized sugars.

Only once during my stay in Brazil did I eat bonafide fried bananas. They were fabulous, and in life bore no resemblance to my own, the foliage of which greeted me after my 20-hour plane trip home.

Tucanos fried bananas, made popular by the Brazilian restaurant of the same name, are a great way to use up bananas. Think a combination of bananas Foster with a crunchy coating.

A fried banana stall owner in the northern province of Nam Dinh revealed that naturalized striker Nguyen Xuan Son is a fan of this Vietnamese treat. Son reportedly visits the stall almost every ...

but also cooked foods fried green bananas (plantains), white rice, pasta with red sauce, macaroni salad and a few Brazilian specialties like feijoada: a stew made with black beans, sausage and ...