Food and fun

a Dutch traveler in Bahia in the early nineteenth century

Authors

  • Jeferson Afonso Bacelar Universidade Federal da Bahia. Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2596-3147.v1i1p187-210

Keywords:

Foreign travelers, Food, Pleasures of table and bed, Bahia

Abstract

The work that I have been doing about foreign travelers in Bahia in the nineteenth century is marked by a singularity: their approach about what they ate. The young Dutchman Ver Huell was a singular traveler, starting with involuntary permanence for almost three years in Bahia. Living indifferentsocialspaces,hemetthevariousplansof Bahian cuisine, especially that of the popular layers of Salvador. With small adversities, he spent most of his time in leisure and fun, also enjoying tasting the “tropical meats.” There are few travelers that, like Ver Huell, have adapted so well to the social reality and diet of the Baianos.

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Author Biography

  • Jeferson Afonso Bacelar, Universidade Federal da Bahia. Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais

    Doutor em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade Federal da Bahia, professor permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Étnicos e Africanos da UFBA, coordenador adjunto do Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais (CEAO), pesquisador e coordenador do Programa de Estudos e Pesquisas da Alimentação do CEAO. 

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Published

2019-03-28

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How to Cite

Bacelar, J. A. (2019). Food and fun: a Dutch traveler in Bahia in the early nineteenth century. Revista Ingesta, 1(1), 187-210. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2596-3147.v1i1p187-210