Zbigniewa Herberta podróże kulinarne
Zbigniew Herbert’s Culinary Peregrinations

Summary/Abstract: The article investigates culinary motifs in Zbigniew Herbert’s work, especially thecollection of essays Barbarian in the Garden. The author demonstrates that descriptionsof food, wine, and tasting constitute more than anecdotal additions to the travelnarrative; they emerge as a crucial element of Herbert’s reflection on European culture.Cuisine becomes Herbert’s way of learning about places, traditions, and history, as well asa tool for constructing essayistic narratives about art, memory, and identity. The analysisreveals that experiencing taste and the materiality of everyday life performs a cognitiveand culture-forming function in Herbert’s work.

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