HOW FUNCTIONAL MEASUREMENT OF THE TRADITIONAL FOODS CAN RAISE THE KNOWINGNESS OF OLD RECIPES USED IN ROMANIA AND DIASPORA

The present research continues a European project on “sustainable exploitation of bioactive components from the Black Sea Area traditional foods”. Known as Base Food, it was a collaborative program, funded by European Union under the 7th Framework Programme, few years ago. The initial research brought together scientists from countries situated around the Black Sea together with consultants from Italy, United Kingdom, Greece, Portugal and Serbia. Farther the medical, nutritional and technological approaches (Campos S., Doxey J., & Hammond D., 2011, pp. 1496-1506) in the initial project, the Romanian team initiated a unique and outstanding valuable contribution and extended the local research towards socio-economic tracks. Thus, specific aspects were analysed and detailed within certain doctoral programmers. The present paper is emphasizing farther elements, remained collateral, when the main research was considered.