Of knowledge and flavors: a historical look at the gastronomy of creative cities

Abstract

Within our social organization, human beings and nature have developed a unique relationship, so important is that the first forms of systematic use of plants are recognized, from the decoding of the clay tablets of the Sumerian people.

Located in the southern zone of the Pacific Region of Nicaragua, are the municipalities of Masaya and San Juan de Oriente, which are currently part of the National Network of Creative Cities, from where it is about promoting the innovative talent of the protagonists, their creative capacities are strengthened through art, design, crafts, music, fashion, literature, and gastronomy.

Of knowledge and flavors, it is a historical approximation to the state of the gastronomic flavors of the Creative Cities of San Juan de Oriente and Masaya, who due to their particular history preserve within their popular ideology traits of customs as in the past. Therefore, this article aims to present a general outline of the state of ancestral knowledge, focusing especially on the gastronomy that still survives in the municipalities of Masaya and San Juan de Oriente, which due to their particular history make up an invaluable element of their history ancestral heritage.