Chef, cookbook author, and food stylist Mariana Velásquez shares a creamy banana puree with herbs recipe from her new cookbook. Mariana Velásquez is a food stylist with more than a decade of styling ...

These vegan brownies are made with a secret ingredient: green-banana puree. Considered a superfood among Brazil’s health-conscious crowd, the puree is neutral in flavor, making it a handy ingredient ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Bananas, as common as they are, often get treated as an afterthought — especially when they’re unripe. But not in Brazil. The bright green fruit, once boiled and blended, turns into ...