Culinary Recipe Marked by Orality Cover Image

Rețeta culinară ca practică orală de partajare a cunoașterii
Culinary Recipe Marked by Orality

Author(s): Petronela SAVIN
Subject(s): Cultural history, Ethnohistory, Oral history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
Keywords: culinary recipes; knowledge; oral practices; heritage;

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to analyze recipes as oral practices for sharing culinary knowledge. These recipes have been the subject of field research we carried out in the period 2016-2021, as part of food heritage recording projects in different areas of Romania. The researchers and participants were involved in the preparation of a recipe, which formed the basis for a semi-structured interview about the food inherited from the family. Thus, these are both oral practices of passing on recipes prepared under the researcher’s eyes and passing on recipes from memory. A qualitative research approach was adopted, combining the interview with participant observation in the context of the field survey. This approach allowed us to analyze the types of knowledge transmitted through these practices of oral sharing of recipes.

  • Issue Year: IX/2022
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 392-400
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian