Alimentação e cultura: Influências de crenças e tabus na alimentação e na gastronomia nordestina.

Abstract

Food is necessary and essential for human development. Eating habits receive various cultural influences, including beliefs and taboos, which are rules that guide people's behavior when it comes to food choices. A non-systematized review of articles and books was carried out in order to list the main beliefs and taboos that exist in the northeast region, as well as their influences on food and gastronomy. The work reviewed how Northeastern cuisine began, the influences and contributions that indigenous people, Africans and Europeans have made to regional culture and gastronomy. The beliefs and taboos passed down by these peoples and their influences on everyday life have shaped the food culture of the Brazilian Northeast.