IC calls for Macanese cuisine recipe submissions

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has launched an international call for Macanese cuisine recipes, aiming to develop the city’s Macanese cuisine database.
According to a statement issued by the IC, the new program is dedicated to the collection of digital recipes or manuscripts related to Macanese cuisine, which will be kept in the Macanese cuisine database.
The database, which will be open to the public, will help facilitate further studies and consolidate records on the culinary arts
It will also be used for the research and promotion of Macanese gastronomy.
Submissions and declaration forms can be made and be downloaded from the bureau’s website.
In August 2019, authorities announced that preparations for the construction of the Macanese cuisine database had made steady progress. Work was being carried out to collect family recipes to guard against their possible loss in the passing from generation to generation.
Authorities said that, in the future, the city would carry on the collaboration that exists across the public and private sectors, and utilize technology in an effort to raise Macau’s profile as a Creative City of Gastronomy.
Macau was designated as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy in November 2017, joining the United Nations Creative Cities Network.
Following the designation, the SAR Government unveiled a four-year action plan to develop Macau as a Creative City of Gastronomy with “vigorous efforts.” At the beginning of 2019, the Macao Government Tourism Office held the third annual “International Gastronomy Forum, Macao” and later launched the Great Green Food Journey project in collaboration with National Geographic, aiming to locate, support and promote sustainable practices in the food and beverage sector in Macau.
The Macanese cuisine database is part of the bureau’s four-year action plan.
It aims to log Macanese cuisines’ history, recipes and culinary arts, carrying forward the gastronomic culture and tradition, which has a history of more than 400 years. LV