press review
The Kitchen and the Vestibule
Our entering the EU has for many editors of socio-cultural magazines become a pretext to publish material concerning general problems of the European integration. This trend seems to have influenced the Łódź “Tygiel Kultury” magzine. Not surprisingly – “Tygiel” has always devoted considerable attention to what I call a mediation between cultures. In fact, one of the columns of the magazine is entitled Granice Europy (The Borders of Europe). This time – in issue 1-3/2004 – the editors of “Tygiel Kultury” decided to take a closer look at What’s cooking in Europe (Europa od kuchni).
The way this main area of the issue’s interest is formulated may sound a bit misleading, as in fact authors of the texts show Europe not only from the perspective of the kitchen, but also that of the porch. “Tygiel Kultury” offers nourishment for the soul as much as for the body: the former granted by articles by Stanisław Obirek SJ - Wyznania euroentuzjasty (Confessions of a Euroenthusiast) and abp Józef Życiński - Europa i świadkowie wartości – Europe and the Watchers of Values) while the latter by Andrzej Chętko’s interview with Piotr Bikont and Robert Makłowicz – What’s cooking in Europe.