Traditional food, prepared for certain occasions has become an indispensable part of Istrian history and tradition. The identity of an individual is being formed through the food culture of certain society, and because of that, the cuisine of Istra is very important characteristic of Istrian identity, through which Istria also (self)represents. Depending on the area in which we live and the way we use food, our emotions with certain food are different, so we identify closely with the food that is characteristic for the environment in which we grew up. Modern innovations brought some changes in the specific ways of preparation of meals, which has led to the fact that some of the traditional characteristics of Istrian cuisine began to loos. This paper investigates the istrian food identity through analyse of specific food that Istrians recognize as the key for its area of living, then through analyse of their use, specifically traditional proceses of its preparation, and in the end through comparation od stories about traditional preparation of meals with stories about the preparation of food today. This research has been conducted to find out, using the perspective of old and yound Istrian people, how was food and its traditional way of preparing it, showing the social relations and socio-economic status of the family. The paper is based on interviews with sixteen respondents, eight of them older, and the other eight younger age, whose answers will show the patterns of change.