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Abstract

This research is aimed at reading the food memory of the recipes of the residents of the Pé da Serra community. They are women who have the know-how of traditional preparations, recipes handed down by their mothers, where they carry centuries-old culinary techniques. The Pé da Serra community is a village located 5 km from the municipality of Novo Oriente do Piauí. With this, the overall objective is centered on identifying and recording the traditions and eating habits of the residents there, in order to build a local gastronomic identity. The adopted methodological route has a qualitative nature with a view to constructing answers whose analysis was interpretive considering non-quantitative aspects. Data collection was carried out through theoretical and documentary references, bibliography and through interviews and photographic records with the chosen women. They are true self-taught keepers of the traditional food memory of the locality, women cooks and head of the family were selected. The analysis of the collected data was carried out according to Geertz's model of interpretation of cultures, considering the data provided by the social actors, the theoretical framework and the observations made in the field work. The results consist of identifying the most relevant historical and social aspects of the cultural heritage and food memory of the Pé da Serra community; of traditional preparations, which have traditions, transmitted from several generations; of raw materials; of the dishes; of processes (methods and techniques).