15 Jun ART727-Wilanow menu-food is cultural heritage.

The Wilanów Menu is an interdisciplinary project, the finale of which took place in the royal palace in Wilanów. This social project aimed to organize a local group of history and culinary enthusiasts. Participants copied, analyzed and prepared the menus of the former owners of the Palace in Wilanów, including the Potocki family. The project supervisor was Prof. Jarosław Dumanowski, who introduced the participants to the secrets of “reading” historical menus. These documents were transcribed and analyzed, both theoretically and practically. An important element was the culinary workshops, during which recipes consistent with historical recipes were recreated. It was a unique opportunity to literally “taste” history! Many excellent chefs were involved in the project, who later introduced many of these recipes to their menus.

Tradition and history are an inseparable element of the identity of every nation. I mean here the simplest and at the same time the deepest traditions – culinary traditions that embed us deeply and permanently in the culture of our nation, our country. It is this heritage that all emigrants yearn for. It is our traditional food, our dishes, that we want to show off to the world.Food identifies us and roots us very strongly in the culture in which we grew up.This project also resulted in a series of books and a series of television programmes.