PAULA GADŽE, MARIJETA RAJKOVIĆ IVETA
SUMMARY
THE FLAVOURS AND
AROMAS OF CROATIA IN ARGENTINA
Moving abroad, our people have for decades brought to their family
larders the flavours of their native cuisine. Ethnic Croatian Paula Gadže
studied ethnology and is an international cuisine cook and pastry chef that
spent her childhood and education in Argentina and has lived in Croatia for the
past five years. Marijeta Rajković Iveta is a senior lecturer at the department
for ethnology and cultural anthropology of the University of Zagreb's Faculty
of the Humanities and Social Sciences. In this article they discuss the
significance of traditional domestic and Croatian food among ethnic Croatians
in Argentina.
They delve into the history of recipes and cookbooks, foods and
flavours as a cure for nostalgia and the role of food in expressing an
ethno-cultural identity. They look into socialising centred on food in the
Croatian emigrant communities, national cuisine restaurants, shops offering
ethnic products and at Croatian culinary workshops and courses. They also
discuss family celebrations of customary annual festivities such as Easter. Gadže
and Rajković Iveta write of Croatian artefacts in emigrant homes and food that
travels in luggage from Croatia to Argentina. Along with national cuisine
restaurants, an interesting role in the presentation of food is played by
minority immigrant festivals in Argentina, including the most frequented, the Buenos
Aires Celebra Croacia (Buenos Aires Celebrates Croatia) festival. Many
Argentineans are of immigrant descent, and in this multicultural milieu an
essential part of life is a great diversity of culinary heritages, including
Croatian culinary traditions.
The article in Croatian can be seen in: http://studiacroatica.blogspot.com.ar/2017/02/okusi-i-mirise-hrvatske-u-argentini.html
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