Samba Sausages

This simple recipe is the perfect symbol of Brazil’s sensuality and scintillating spirit. Grilled sausages are, of course, common currency among the world’s street foods, but it’s only in Brazil that street vendors take the time to make tiny slits in those sausages, fill them with minutely diced onions and bell peppers, and lovingly baste them with olive oil as they cook. The “grill” of the vendor who passed his version on to me was the charcoal-filled hubcap of an old car. Virtually any ty