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What’s cooking in Łódź? Dictionary of Łódź-specific slang | Exhibition

What’s cooking in Łódź? Dictionary of Łódź-specific slang is the next instalment of an artistic and educational project through which we aim to draw attention to the uniqueness of Łódź. This time, we have decided to look for traces of multicultural Łódź in… the kitchen.

Details

When:

Opening with a Curatorial Tour | March 14, 2025 (Friday), 5:30 PM
Exhibition | March 15–30, 2025 (Monday to Sunday), 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Where:
Workshops of Culture in Lublin, Grodzka 7, Exhibition Hall, 2nd Floor

Admission: Free

Accessibility

The opening event will be interpreted into Polish Sign Language (PJM).
Learn more about accessibility at Workshops of Culture and contact us here: https://warsztatykultury.pl/en/accessibility/

A word from the cutorator

During the heyday of the textile industry, people began to arrive in Łódź looking for work in factories. The town became an attractive place to live and work for newcomers, workers, craftsmen, traders, people of many professions, including bakers, tailors, and shoemakers. In addition to the immigrant population from the Polish territories, Jews, Russians, and Germans also settled here. Towards the end of the 19th century, the city already had over three hundred thousand inhabitants. Łódź was becoming a multicultural city, with the representatives of four religions and nationalities living side by side, and with their respective cultures, art and customs intermingling. This former multiculturalism of Łódź is also reflected in the local cuisine, which is an extremely interesting part of the heritage of Łódź.

It should be noted that only a small group of Łódź residents belonged to the wealthy elite of the capitalist world. The majority of the population led a very modest, one might even say, poor life. Such was also her everyday cuisine – inexpensive and simple, consisting of cheap and locally available products, such as potatoes, from which the housewives of Łódź could conjure up various dishes which were also extremely tasty and filling, such as “kluski żelazne” garnished with cracklings from pork or bacon, or dumplings with strawberries, served usually with spring cabbage, cherished by both adults and children.

In the space of the City Art Gallery in Łódź – the Re:Medium Gallery, we want to showcase several works depicting specific dishes and del