Rosa Maria to the Elite, Rosa maria to the people. Brazilian and Portuguese cuisines in the first half of the 20th century

Abstract

This article intends to compare two cooking books published in the 1930s. These books had different contents and were addressed to completely different audiences, despite its authors have the same name, Rosa Maria. The work of Rosa Maria was published in Brazil with the title Arte de comer bem, whose first edition appeared in 1931. In Portugal, it is believed that the first edition appeared in 1932, also authored by Rosa Maria, with the title A cosinheira das cosinheiras. A arte de comer bem. Higiene alimentar e mais de 500 receitas para cosinhar fazer doces, gelados, compotas etc. Since several questions have arisen, this paper proposes to answer some of them.