Barreado: Flavour, History and Culture in the Coast of Paraná

Abstract

This article is based on the research made for the doctoral thesis in History for the Federal University of the State of Paraná entitled Cozinhando a tradição: festa, cultura e história no litoral paranaense (Cooking tradition: party, culture and history in the coast of Paraná), which comprises a bibliographic review of the history of Paraná, with particular emphasis on food, research of documents in libraries and public archives (including folders, institutional and restaurant marketing materials), as well as forty four Oral History interviews. The Barreado, a typical dish from Paraná coast, is taken herein both as a culinary delicacy and a symbol of its region. This article focuses on the growth of the commercial supply of this dish in the cities of Antonina, Morretes and Paranaguá.