Based on ethnographic data, this article focus on changes and continuities in the daily eating habits of Brazilian immigrants in Greater Boston. Food is understood as part of the strategies that subjects set to deal with the difficulties and challenges of a new socio-cultural context. It argues that, while feeding on "Brazilian food", Brazilian immigrants are "feeding" relationships, especially with family members they have and maintain in Brazil. In this sense, the "Brazilian food" is associated with the home environment and home cooking. It also shows that the major changes in the eating habits of the research subjects are related to food routine, due to work time. Yet the article highlights the food as a marker of identity and difference, serving as a source of distinctions between Brazilian and American immigrants, immigrants from other countries, or even among Brazilians, in a complex intercultural context.

Dietary changes Everyday Food Brazilian food Brazilian immigrants

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