Amalie Schneider-Schlöth

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Amalie Schneider-Schlöth (* 1839 in Basel ; † 1888 ) was a Swiss cookbook author .

life and work

Amalie (also Amalia) Schneider-Schlöth was a daughter of the master locksmith and stove manufacturer Friedrich Ludwig Schlöth. Her mother Veronika Amalie nee Tireck died when she was 15 years old. Amalie Schneider-Schlöth was a niece of the sculptor Ferdinand Schlöth , with whom she maintained a lively correspondence, only partly in private ownership, until her marriage. In 1877 it published the Basler Kochschule , which comprises over 600 pages and appeared in numerous, partly revised editions. It forms a comprehensive compendium of middle-class food culture in the 19th century with a high source value. In 1935 the book was touted in the Swiss teachers' newspaper as “a set of teaching and recipes that meet the most extensive requirements”, suitable for “home economics teachers , boarding mothers, housewives and young daughters”. In addition to almost 2500 recipes calculated for four people and 200 menus based on the seasons, the book also contains instructions for preserving food, handling cooking utensils, decorating plates, preparing fruit juices and folding serviettes .

Amalie Schneider-Schlöth was a half-sister of the sculptor Achilles Schlöth . She was married to the merchant Gottlieb Schneider and had two daughters, Amalie and Wilhelmine.

Works

  • Basel Cooking School - an easy-to-understand guide to traditional and finer culinary art. 14th edition, completely revised by Andreas Morel . Basel 1983, ISBN 3724505299 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Philipp Sarasin : The citizens at the table: Upper-class hospitality in Basel at the end of the 19th century. In: Swiss Archives for Folklore 88 (1992), pp. 47–72 ( online ).
  2. ↑ Schweizerische Lehrerinnenzeitung 40 (1935/36), issue 5, p. 91 ( Ditigalisat ).

literature

  • Stefan Hess , Tomas Lochman (ed.): Classical beauty and patriotic heroism. The Basel sculptor Ferdinand Schlöth (1818–1891). Sculpture Hall Publishing House, Basel 2004, ISBN 3-905057-20-4 (catalog for the exhibition of the same name, Sculpture Hall Basel , December 10, 2004 to March 12, 2005).
  • Stefan Hess: Between Winckelmann and Winkelried. The Basel sculptor Ferdinand Schlöth (1818–1891). Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86805-954-0 .
  • Sophie Pataky : Lexicon of German Women in Feather, Vol. 2. Berlin, 1898, p. 261 ( online )

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personal data
SURNAME Schneider-Schlöth, Amalie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schlöth, Amalia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss cookbook author
DATE OF BIRTH 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH 1888