The text attempts to provide a theoretical framework for understanding of food and eating as a part of human identity, where food is not just intended to meet our needs in a biological sense, but is intertwined with culture, is part of our identity. It could be said that a nation's attitude toward food is also a measure of its culture. It is a constitutive element in the formation and establishment of national, regional and local identities. The main objective of the thesis is to show how the culture of eating in a particular society creates an identity that depends on the area in which we live, the way we eat, establish bonds and feelings with certain foods and ingredients. We identify with the food we grow up with.
The graduation thesis presents how nutrition in a broader cultural-historical context affects identity, how and what people ate in the past, and how food marked the eating habits that influence the culinary culture of Carinthians. Carinthia is a region where one of the characteristics of the inhabitants is respect for tradition. They carefully guard their dialect, which is rich in expressions related to food and eating. Many of the eating habits, the culture of eating, and the fine old folk dishes that many still prepare have been preserved in this area. Their rootedness among Carinthians testifies to a strong regional and local identity. It is part of the holiday and daily diet of the local population and contributes to the preservation of identity.
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