Paper short abstract:

XXI century posed significant challenges to the universe and to its extremely important cultural heritage gastronomic culture. Georgia is a small post-soviet country but with fascinating and diverse gastronomic history, which needs to be revitalized, correctly positioned, and maintained.

Paper long abstract:

Gastronomic culture is the expression of a nation's self-identity, essence. The process of globalization has changed the world and along with it, many things alter in the field of gastronomic culture too and face the danger of vanishing. Dining culture, which is one of the characteristics of the nation's identity, and the majority of mankind constantly clings to this hook, is changing along with the attitude towards it. We can attribute the recent "Gastronomic Boom" to this. What the gastronomic culture, as a system consists of, why did the matter of gastronomic culture become so pressing lately, how the dining culture influenced the development of mankind, how understanding these matters will support gastronomic tourism as one of the image resources of the country, is the subject of the constant research and right positioning of the country.

This paper will discuss the gastronomic heritage of Georgia as an ancient civilization and post-soviet country, its place in the Caucasus, and UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list. In such a small geographic area, each region has its own diverse and different cuisine and this is one of the many things which makes Georgia interesting.

In our paper, we will shortly explain how to preserve the biodiversity and the wealth left by our grandparents, with which our history is quite rich. We will also briefly describe how to document the gastronomic treasure that our ancestors have passed on to us.