Lucyna Ćwierczakiewiczowa
Lucyna Ćwierczakiewiczowa [ luˌʦɨna ʨfʲerʧakʲeviˌʧova ] (* 1829 ; † February 26, 1901 in Warsaw ) was a Polish writer and author of very popular cookbooks in the Polish language in the second half of the 19th century.
life and work
Ćwierczakiewiczowa was the daughter of the respected Bachman family . In 1858 she published her first work: Jedyne Praktyczne przepisy wszelkich zapasów spiżarnianych oraz pieczenia ciast (“The only practical compendium of recipes for all pantries and cakes”). Their work was based on the culinary experience of the Polish szlachta of the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1860 she published her second cookbook: 365 obiadów za pięć złotych ("365 meals for 5 zloty").
From 1865 she had a column in the weekly Bluszcz about culinary arts and fashion . She also worked for the Kurier Warszawski , the most important Polish newspaper of the time. Further publications in the 1870s made her a respected person. She received a number of prominent personalities in her home, including the writer Bolesław Prus was one of her guests.
By 1923 her first cookbook had been published 23 times (130,000 editions). These are far more editions than the books by the Polish writers Henryk Sienkiewicz and Bolesław Prus experienced together.
Ćwierczakiewiczowa's great corpulence - she weighed over 130 kilograms - combined with her arrogance, earned her a nickname in Poland: Ćwierciakiewiczowa , an allusion to the Polish word ćwierć , which means a quarter . This moniker became so popular in Poland that it was accidentally used even in serious academic papers.
Since 1875 Ćwierczakiewiczowa published an annual publication under the title Kolęda dla Gospodyń ("Calendar for Housewives"). In addition to recipes , this publication also contained women's suffrage issues and poems and novels.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ćwierczakiewiczowa, Lucyna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish writer and cookbook author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1829 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1901 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |