Recipes for love, by Aracy and João Guimarães Rosa

Abstract

This is a study of the pleasures of the table in the life and work of Guimarães Rosa. It will be analysed here both Aracy’s cookbook and the novels “Dão-Lalalão” and “Buriti” by João Guimarães Rosa. Our hypothesis was that the recipes could bring up the cuisine of Minas Gerais. We discovered that the home life was the space where German cosmopolitan cuisine was cultivated, while rosian literature was the space where Minas Gerais regionalist cuisine was preserved. We also discovered an invitation of the recipes for love, which appears in the names of sweets and in the novels of Noites do Sertão. After all, the psychoanalysis shows that eating seeks to satisfy hunger and love.