Turismo gastronômico, cultura e comida de festa

Abstract

Migrations from the Italian peninsula to the south of Brazil date from second half of nineteenth century. Adaptations to the new territory marked culinary practices of these groups. This article presents current situation of communities which originated in immigration, in terms of their food practices associated with local feasts, and, consequently, with tourism. The methodological procedure took up previous research in the same location, using its primary data. Afterwards, we conducted semi-structured interviews with women who currently live in the same community. Compared results show changes associated with origin of ingredients, use of new technologies and introduction of industrial products, as well as a new organization in menus. Everyday dishes have become part of the so-called feast food and are presented to tourists as marks of local community identity.