Food Memories in Community Based Tourism in the Acolhida na Colônia, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Abstract

This article deals with food memories in the context of the cuisine developed by the farmers of Associação Acolhida in Colônia, in the State of Santa Catarina, in southern Brazil. The objective is to identify the associated farmers affective memories and their relationship with food production. The methodological path started, initially, from bibliographic research in national and foreign databases, in addition to theses and dissertations, on the terms <food heritage>, <food memories> and <community-based tourism>. The field research used methods of Oral History, such as interview and observation, and was carried out with farmers who are part of the project Acolhida na Colônia. We sought to identify memories related to cooking, based on organic food production. The results showed that the recipes are passed on from mothers to daughters and there is a concern to convey the importance of regional identity, given the current changes in technology and food market.