Josimar Melo

Josimar Melo (born in Recife, Brazil, 1954), a former student of Architecture in University of São Paulo, is a food & wine journalist for the major Brazilian daily newspaper, Folha de S. Paulo. He is also owner and director of the gastronomic website [Basilico] and contributes to several publications in Brazil and abroad. He teaches History of Gastronomy at a university in São Paulo. In 1995 he created the main gastronomic event in Brazil at that time, “Boa Mesa”, which was sold in 2000. Among his books are “Guia Josimar Melo” (launched in 1992; a comprehensive gourmet guide of São Paulo, updated yearly); “A Cerveja” (the beer); and “Berinjela se Escreve com J” (a lexicon with the correct spelling of around 10.000 gastronomy-related words in several idioms).Josimar is also editor of website Basilico (www.basilico.com.br)