Ethnogastronomy: A brief exploratory review

The increase in the interest gastronomy indicates research' possibilities that consider food as a central theme, exploring cultures and traditions. In this sense, symbolic aspects, tastes, habits, rules, taboos rituals point out eating is more widespread than just nutritional interest. Ethnoscience studies human population’s knowledge, encompassing several fields like ethnogastronomy. This field interests itself ethnographic investigations order to document value wisdom habits of traditional peoples and, likewise, positively appreciate their know-how, integrating with traditions, protecting culture cooperating preservation environment. these terms, bibliographical research was performed on Scielo, Google Scholar Brazilian Digital Library for Theses Dissertations, platforms looking following items: “ethnogastronomy”, “traditional peoples” “food culture”. Eight works were selected show act complex broad factors cultivation, harvesting, cooking, presentation serving food. It essential power tradition ahead preparation “caiçaras recipes” Campesinos protect important bicultural patrimony, knowledge practices agroecological basis gastronomic culture. However, we observed few found, indicating shortfall areas, besides showing necessity bigger studies, registers valorisation well its social relevance both terms feeding sovereignty