01277nas a2200145   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100002000043245009200063856014400155300001200299490000700311520080000318022001301118                                       d1 aJ. Ivanišević00aThe keepers of marenda (mid-morning snack): male culinary groups in Stari Grad, Croatia  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85128779903&doi=10.15176%2fvol58no210&partnerID=40&md5=c0ca504358218ab32aeb8f2cdc0e750d  a185-2030 v583 aThis paper describes and contextualizes one segment of culinary practices by an older generation of men on the island of Hvar. The practices are not realized as everyday housework, but as part of social practices of free time. In contrast to the routinized everyday female cooking typically described through the concept of caring labor, male culinary practices belong to leisure. Still, the range of meanings that men attribute to private cooking is wide and varied. Without going in detail into the implications of gender roles, this article is an attempt to shed light on male culinary practices and rituals, particularly those related to social life. Their identity potential and importance, as well as significance in the transfer of culinary knowledge, is frequently completely overlooked.  a05472504