== A Collection of Dishes ==
The book in question, first published in 1682, was written by Stanisław Czerniecki (pronounced ''stah-: {{smallpron|stah|nee|NEEsWahf}}-swahf churn-{{smallpron|cheR|nyets|YETkee}}-skee''), a steward and chef at the court of the princely house of Lubomirski. He gave it a bilingual (Latin-Polish) title, ''Compendium ferculorum, albo Zebranie potraw'' (both parts meaning "A Collection of Dishes"), but the contents were entirely in Polish (contrary to what Ms. Mary Ellen Snodgrass suggested in her ''Encyclopedia of Kitchen History'', where she described ''Compendium ferculorum'' as Poland's "Latin standard"<ref>{{Cyt
| nazwisko = Snodgrass
| imię = Mary Ellen