Cooking the cream for banana's dessert (mixture of fresh and condensed milk).

Elena Groshko separates whites from yolk in a bowl.

Elena squeezes a lime juice (“cetryna”) to yolks for keep them preserved.

Elena Groshko covers dessert with whipped whites.

Banana dessert is ready to be baked.

Banana dessert is ready for eating.

Elena Groshko cuts garlic on the kitchen counter for beans meal (see: beginning of the process UF2009.29.p618).

Elena Groshko fries garlic and onion for beans meal (kitchen).

Elena Groshko mixes fried garlic and onion with beans.

Elena Groshko adds boiled water to beans with fried garlic and onions.

Beans meal is ready to be eaten.

Elena Groshko mingles “kova” (“cova”, Portuguese “couve”, English “kale”) in the pot.

Elena Groshko is preparing milk in a pot for banana’s dessert.

Elena Groshko whips whites with mixer for dessert.

Cassava (“manioka”) is ready for eating.

Elena Groshko cuts garlic on the kitchen counter for beans meal.

Elena Groshko cuts onion for beans meal (kitchen).

Elena Groshko puts a cover onto pot with “kova” (“cova”, Portuguese “couve”, English “kale”) meal.

Elena Groshko puts a dessert into a stove for baking.

Elena Groshko puts “kova” (“cova”, Portuguese “couve”, English “kale”) into the pot (no oil).