You Are What You Eat, Mauro Refosco

Name: Mauro Refosco

Occupation: Percussionist

Borough: Manhattan

Relationship status: in a relationship

What did you eat today?

Coffee with 2 toast with peanut butter and nutella. For dinner we went to Café Mogador on St. Marks Pl. and I had Lamb Tagine and a Mix Mediterranean Plate as appetizer.

What do you never eat?

I eat anything, but since the beginning ot this year I am cutting a lot of red meat. I guess tonight was an exception. But I heard that lamb is one of the best red meat proteins one can get. It is still free of hormones and all those things they feed to cows.

Complete this sentence: In my refrigerator, you can always find:

Lots of uneaten leftovers. I always get a dog bag, but most of the times it stays there for days, sometimes months until I decide to clean up. Also you can find some carrot juice.

What is your favorite kitchen item?

My coffee maker, one of those French types that makes my engines start working in the morning. The size is perfect. I get exactly two cups of coffee with that thing and is all I need.

Where do you eat out most frequently?

It varies from time to time. Recently I have been going to this place called Hummus Place on St. Marks Pl, they make their own hummus in there. Really fresh and good. Also I go to Takahachi, this Japanese place on 6th St and Av A. Close to where I live there is a good Mexican called Taqueria California, I love the food in there and the jukebox is full of Mexican surprises.

World ends tomorrow. What would you like for your last meal?

A very fat “churrasco” of picanha. Picanha is this tender part of the cow that you only get in Brazil. You know that in Brazil the cuts of meat are different than United States? So we get these different parts.
Then I would eat feijoada, the Brazilian national dish, that has lots of pig meat, all the bad parts of the pig. Nose, knees, ears, toes and etc. It s the best.
I would also eat every possible dessert, like milk pudding, ice cream and anything really heavy. Drink a lot of caipirinhas of cachaca, for when the moment that the earth is ending, the only thing you can do is smile.

Every time I see Mauro, doesn't matter if he just got off a 17 hour flight or if he's just finished playing an exhausting 4 hour gig -- he's always off to Nublu to play a late night gig with his band, Forro in the Dark. I've never been able to stay up late enough to watch them, but the F.I.T. Dark dance parties at Nublu are legendary. You can also watch him play his magical zabumba and various percussion with Miho Hatori, David Byrne, Bebel Gilberto, and any number of musicians smart enough to hire him. He also makes kick ass moqueca.