Moqueca is the Bahian fish stew that the rest of the world has not yet figured out — coconut milk, dendê palm oil, peppers, tomato, the fish poached in the broth until it surrenders. It is the dish that says "the Atlantic crossed both ways" out loud. Emme Riberio Collins runs Baiana, an Afro-Brazilian pop-up in Seattle, and she brought the version her grandmother would have served on the coast of Bahia.
Bobby brought a version that, per the broadcast, was missing the dendê. Moqueca without dendê is fish soup with coconut milk. It is fine. It is also not moqueca. The judges, who had eaten the real thing, knew.