Tasty Events. On Culinary Events in the Silesian Voivodeship
Tasty Events. On Culinary Events in the Silesian Voivodeship

Summary/Abstract: The topic of reflection undertaken herein are public events having anevident culinary character. In the first part of her essay, the author proposes atypology of culinary events, with special focus on those events which appear inthe public space the most often. Their number and considerable complexity areassociated with the target participant group, the current patterns of consumption,gastronomic styles, and finally with functions which have been ascribed to thoseevents. In the second part, she discusses selected culinary events organised inthe Silesian voivodeship which have characteristic dishes (e.g. wodzionka, moczka,kołocz) associated with the local cuisine as their Leitmotif. These events areusually in the form of open-air festivals with contests for the best-prepared dishas their regular feature.

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