Gostos, aromas e sabores : memórias e turismo gastronômico em Bento Gonçalves

Abstract

Food is one of the most sensitive expressions of culture, with its flavors and aromas, since it is able to touch the sensitivities and the strangeness of the people with specific cuisines. Thus, these senses in recipes evoke memories by stimulating the imagination and unleashing deep feelings that materialize in ties between the past and the present. The ability to perceive and appreciate them depend on cultural patterns and memory. With food becoming an important aspect in the history and culture of a people, the discussion of maintaining and protecting these assets as an intangible heritage is evident, thus making food a major cultural representation of a people. This study analyzes the cuisine of Italian immigrants in the area of Bento Gonçalves, as a collective memory tool and its transformation into gastronomic tourism. It also envisions the creation of paradidactic materials related to research, leading the student to a search that resembles that of a historian.