TY - JOUR TI - Did Le cuisinier françois change the Polish cuisine  in the early-modern period? A contribution to the analysis  of the transfer of culinary patterns AU - Kuras, Katarzyna TI - Did Le cuisinier françois change the Polish cuisine  in the early-modern period? A contribution to the analysis  of the transfer of culinary patterns AB - The aim of this article was to establish if Le cuisinier françois, the famous cookbook published in the 17th century by de la Varenne, contributed to changing the culinary tastes of representatives of the Polish elite. For this purpose, selected collections of the inventories of libraries of Polish magnates and nobility were examined and, as a result, some few copies of the book by de la Varenne were found, in many cases connected with the personal tastes or cultural preferences of their owners. It seems, however, that in the process of transferring culinary patterns from France to Poland more essential than the presence of this book in the libraries was a permanent need to employ cooks from France in many courts of Polish magnates. They were responsible for changing the culinary tastes of their masters and strengthened the appetite for French dishes in the Polish cuisine in the early-modern era.   VL - 2016 IS - Issue 143 (3) PY - 2016 SN - 0083-4351 C1 - 2084-4069 SP - 429 EP - 448 DO - 10.4467/20844069PH.16.020.5217 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/prace-historyczne/article/czy-le-cuisinier-francois-zmienil-polska-kuchnie-w-czasach-nowozytnych-przyczynek-do-zagadnienia-transferu-kulinarnych-wzorcow KW - history of cooking in the early-modern era KW - Le cuisinier françois (cookbook) KW - French influences in the Polish cuisine KW - transfer of culinary patterns in the early-modern era