Oral history interviews at Dona Flor restaurant
Object Details
- General
- Associated documentation, including partial transcripts, for this interview is available in the Anacostia Community Museum Archives. The textual transcripts are not verbatim of the audio recordings.
- Title created by ACMA staff using text written on sound cassette, contents of audio recording, textual transcript, and/or associated archival documentation.
- Interviewer
- Fleming, Peggy, 1937-
- Taylor, Grace
- Names
- Dona Flor (Restaurant : Washington, D.C.)
- Collection Creator
- Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
- Place
- Brazil
- Washington (D.C.)
- United States
- Topic
- Argentines
- Latin Americans
- Restaurants -- Employees
- Women
- Tour guides (Persons)
- Restaurants
- Cooking, Brazilian
- Holidays
- Manners and customs
- Government and politics
- Social history
- Emigration and immigration
- Interviews
- Interviewer
- Fleming, Peggy, 1937-
- Taylor, Grace
- Culture
- Brazilians
- Salvadorans
- See more items in
- Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. Exhibition Records
- Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. Exhibition Records / Series 3: Oral History Interviews
- Sponsor
- Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
- Extent
- 2 Digital files
- 1 Sound cassette
- Date
- 1993 May 26
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Digital files
- Sound cassettes
- Citation
- Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Note
- The total playing time of interview recording is approximately 1 hour and 5 minutes.
- Scope and Contents
- Interviews at Dona Flor restaurant, located in northwest Washington, DC, included assistant manager Cristina Pinheiro who is Brazilian; waitress Giselle Cruzeiro who is Argentinian and married to a Brazilian; cook Andres Romero who is Salvadoran; and tour guide Marcello Martins who is Brazilian. Andres Romero, Cristina Pinheiro, and Giselle Cruzeiro spoke about how long they and the other restaurant employees have worked at Dona Flor restaurant; their knowledge of Brazilian food; the creation of the menu, including the specials and for holidays; Brazilian food and drinks, including recipe for chicken Copacabana; finding and purchasing ingredients; restaurant patrons' favorite dishes; handmade candy; why name of restaurant is Dona Flor; and the Brazilian tourist company which the restaurant has a contract with. Tour guide Marcello Martins spoke about leading tours for Brazilians around the world; explaining the similarities and differences, including politics, economic priorities, and social conditions, between Brazil and the United States to Brazilians; teaching Brazilians how to respect the United States and Americans; his preference to work with Americans; how he would like to see Brazil and United States working together to help both Brazilians and Americans; helping other countries understand Brazilians; and preserving Brazilian customs. The interviewees also described Brazilian holiday traditions, celebrations, and festivities, including food prepared and served; and what food they eat at home. A few of them explained how long they have lived in the United States and why they migrated to the US. Pinheiro also spoke about her future goals; living and working in Los Angeles, California versus Washington, DC; what surprised her when she arrived in the United States; and what she misses about Brazil. Dona Flor restaurant interviews were conducted by Peggy Fleming and Grace Taylor. Interview is in English with minimal Spanish. Digital audio files include white noise and static, and some background noise. Interviewees' voice are intelligible for the most part.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1712088000981-1712088003353-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0