Food as Messenger. On the Example of Slovak Cuisine in Hungary

Food culture has always had a significant role in determining identity and community cohesion. In the process of social discourse about the past, inclusion, and locality, local communities select, reconstruct, and construct their shared food heritage. Elements of traditional peasant life, such as pig slaughtering, take place in a community space, following a re-created scenario. This paper focuses on recent changes in food culture and highlights the heritage practices of food and eating habits in the case of a multi-ethnic settlement in Hungary.