Book (EN) - Compendium Ferculorum, or Collection of Dishes

Compendium Ferculorum, or Collection of Dishes

A modern edition of one of the earliest Polish cookbooks, originally written by Stanisław Czerniecki in the 17th century, presenting historical recipes and insights into the culinary traditions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

The Compendium ferculorum from 1682 describes Baroque cuisine, full of contrasts and panache, valuing illusion and surprise, but the author, Stanisław Czerniecki, did not hesitate to use patterns from the new French cuisine, valuing the natural taste of dishes, rejecting oriental exoticism and softening strict rules of Old Polish fasting. The Wilanów Palace Museum published this book in 2009 as the first volume of the Monumenta Poloniae Culinaria series edited by Prof. Jarosław Dumanowski, and now offers readers a new, corrected and supplemented Compendium ferculorum which, thanks to the cooperation of researchers representing various fields of knowledge, can be read in a broader context.

Publisher: Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów
Year of publication: 2021
Length: 300 pages
Format: 21x29,7cm
Binding: soft integrated

Donated by: Museum of King Jan III's Palace at Wilanów