Summary: | The food image in Indonesia is known by its cultural varieties, uniqueness,
and rich on taste. Those are shaped through the long historical process (longue
durée) and also influenced by global elements. This study discusses on food
history of Indonesia in global perspective. The subject of this study is observing
the dynamics of the food development in Indonesia. This study aimed to
comprehend the historical elements which shaped the development of food image
in Indonesia. Those elements are including food cultivation, politic, economy, and
culture that observed its interconnection. This study employs historical method by
approach the global history perspective and supported by various primary and
secondary sources including cookbooks, food sciences, monographs, itinerary
reports, archives, magazines, newspaper, and private document.
The findings of this study i.e. first, the historical root of food formation in
Indonesia had transpired since the ancient time that indicated by the efforts of
ancient society in inventing-invention various foods that utilized the sources in
surround them. Second, the entry of various global influences (from China, India,
Arab, and Europe) until 18th century also followed by the entry of sorts of new
foodstuffs (plant and animal) that then influenced the food evolution. Third, the
development of foods cultivation since 19th century until early of 20th century
influenced the development of food sciences and gastronomy culture as a form of
food innovation (nouvelle cuisine) that marked by the creation of Indische keuken.
Fourth, the times of malaise, Japanese power and Indonesian Independence were
the fading periods for Indische keuken. Fifth, the composing of Indonesian
cookbook�s Mustika Rasa was a deconstruction effort to the Indische keuken. This
study concludes that the food development in Indonesia is a continuity phase of
former development in ancient time and colonial time that transpired in the
process of inventing-invention and innovation of food.
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