Live Class — May 1, 2026

note: this is a recording of a recent CC Club live class. The classes are reserved for members of the CC Club — please do not share publicly 🙏

Highlights

café da manhã — breakfast
refeição — meal
lanche da manhã / lanche da tarde — morning snack / afternoon snack
mesa posta — a properly set table (with cutlery, placemats, etc.)
jogo americano — placemat (literally "American game" — the common Brazilian term for placemats)
talheres — cutlery / silverware
sopa — soup
arroz bem soltinho — fluffy, properly cooked rice where the grains stay separate
batata palha — shoestring potato sticks — the crunchy classic topping for Brazilian stroganoff
grão de bico — chickpeas
carboidrato — carbohydrate / carbs
trufa — truffle (the gourmet fungus — not to be confused with chocolate truffles!)
azeite trufado — truffle oil
cogumelo — mushroom
champignon — button mushroom (from French, widely used in Brazilian Portuguese)
estrogonofe brasileiro — Brazilian stroganoff — a beloved comfort food made with a tomato-cream sauce, served with white rice and batata palha, very different from the Russian original
empadão de frango — Brazilian chicken pie

nutricionista — nutritionist / dietitian
plano alimentar — meal plan / dietary plan
balanceado / balanceada — balanced (as in a balanced diet)
massa muscular — muscle mass
ganhar massa muscular — to build / gain muscle mass
creatina — creatine
proteína whey — whey protein
pilates — Pilates
balé — ballet
meditação — meditation
respiração / focar na respiração — breathing / to focus on one's breathing
alongamento — stretching
box breathing — a breathing technique (inhale–hold–exhale–hold, 4 counts each)

Olivia Dean — British singer-songwriter; Alexia's father is completely obsessed with her, and they're traveling to Brussels together to see her show
Dieta Atkins (Atkins Diet) — the low-carb, high-protein diet popular in the early 2000s; the class noted that Dr. Atkins himself reportedly died of a heart attack — quite the hot take
Dieta Mediterrânea — the Mediterranean Diet, based on whole foods, olive oil, vegetables, and fish; seen as more culturally grounded than most fad diets
Dieta Carnívora — the Carnivore Diet, a modern protein-only diet mentioned as another extreme approach to carb restriction
Twister — the classic party game; Alexia compared yoga poses to Twister positions — arms and legs everywhere

Bélgica — Belgium, where Alexia and her father are heading for a week
Bruxelas — Brussels, capital of Belgium and headquarters of the European Union
Ghent / Bruges — other Belgian cities on their itinerary
Porto — Porto, Portugal, where Alexia is based
Charlotte / Raleigh / Durham / Chapel Hill — cities in North Carolina; the "Research Triangle" university area, mentioned by Bryan and Natasha
Salt Lake City — Kyle is doing a 15-hour road trip there with his fiancée to see Olivia Dean live
Haiti — Pierre's home country, referenced in a discussion about how food culture shapes what diets actually make sense