O mercado central de Belo Horizonte: entre queijos e sabores

2012; Volume: 2; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

ISSN

2238-0205

Autores

Marcos Mergarejo Netto,

Tópico(s)

Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices

Resumo

The Mercado Central of Belo Horizonte/MG is noteworthy as a place that evokes a diversity of flavors. This article seeks to understand and describe part of this universe, identifying its spatial organization, scope and heterogeneity, as a cultural environment fully accepted by society in its activities and links, fact which points to a Geography of Taste. Among the extraordinary world of flavors offered by the Central Market lies the Artisanal Cheese Minas, whose consumption is habit and tradition, having been transformed into intangible heritage, a cultural heritage of geographical identity character.

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