Natura i/a kuchnia
Nature and Cuisine

Author(s): Joanna Partyka
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: relation between nature and cuisine; nutrition; handbooks; modernity; women writers; dietary knowledge; humourism; alchemy; astrology; secret books; taming of nature; modern science
Summary/Abstract: The text discusses various relations between nature and culture. It refers to modern nutrition publications, drawing particular attention to women writers who spread dietary knowledge. It also shows the relations between culinary art and humourism, astrology and alchemy, which could be observed in so-called secret books revealing secrets of nature. It emphasises the fact that culinary self-help books sold in numerous copies played an important part in development of modern science. The author observes that culinary art transforms nature into culture in a creative process. The process can also be interpreted as the taming of nature when man-subject rules over nature-object.

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