ГАСТРОНОМІЧНА КУЛЬТУРА УКРАЇНИ У ВІДДЗЕРКАЛЕННІ КУЛІНАРНИХ ЗБІРНИКІВ СЕРЕДИНИ XVIII – ПОЧАТКУ ХХ СТОЛІТТЯ
GASTRONOMIC CULTURE OF UKRAINE IN LIGHT OF THE MID-18 – EARLY 20 CENTURIES COOKERY BOOKS

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to analyze hand-written and printed cookery books published in Ukraine from the mid18 to the early 20 centuries as a source for studying gastronomic traditions, methods of preparation and consumption of dishes, rations, festive and everyday food as well as interrelations of different European gastronomic practices. Research methods. The research is based on the cultural-historical approach. It involves the descriptive method for identifying peculiarities of each cookery book that is analyzed. Comparative method and content analyses were used to reveal both continuity of tradition and innovations in nutrition practices of the Ukraine’s population. Systematization method allowed to classify cookery editions according to some strict criteria. Scientific novelty. By analyzing the cookery books the author demonstrates the continuity of the Ukraine’s population nutrition practices. The paper reveals how different gastronomic cultures, religious beliefs, economy and medical science influenced on the cookery books’ content. Conclusions. It is stated that the mid-18 – early 20 centuries cookery books are reflecting the tendency of modernization and globalization of the nutrition practices. Cookery books influenced significantly shaping of the gastronomic practices of the Ukraine’s population. Among the various types of cookery editions there were guides and companions for young women that were not enough experienced in preparing food, examples of dinner menues, works on vegetarianism, childhood nutrition, healthy eating etc. Such books were based on the up-to-date achievements in the fields of physiology and dietology. By the end of the 19th century the quantity of cookbooks raised noticeably. One of the popular types of the cookbooks were editions aimed at young housewives. At the same time, a lot of cookbooks, especially those involving medical aspects of nutrition, were unable to pass through the censorship institutions in the Russian empire.

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