Histórias de cozinha : uma etnografia gastronômica

Abstract

Through food we can observe several dimensions of social life. Food reveals processes of socialization such as commensality and issues pertaining to creation and maintenance of tradition and identity. It also establishes cultural approximations and differences, classifications, symbolisms, food taboos, transcending the purely biological dimension. Cooking thus reveals a potential aggregator of specific knowledge linked to know-how, which in turn are linked to a cultural dimension, putting us in direct relation to food, its transformation processes and the world around us. This work studies, through ethnographic research, the activities developed in the professional kitchens environment, with a view to making culinary, its modes of transmission and retention of knowledge, as well as to the discussion about culinary recipes and registration processes about the practices. It also discuss about the relations between people, objects and things, given in the daily interaction with clothes, equipment and utensils