Wojciech Wielądko


Wojciech Wincenty Wielądko was a Polish historian, poet, playwright, translator, lexicographer and food writer. He is best known for his work on Polish heraldry entitled Heraldyka, czyli opisania familii i krwi związku szlachty polskiej i Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego z ich herbami, as well as for his translation from French of Menon's cookbook La Cuisinière bourgeoise, first published in 1783 as Kucharz doskonały.
Kucharz doskonały is mentioned in the portrayal of an Old Polish banquet in Pan Tadeusz, the Polish national epic, but it was apparently confused with Compendium ferculorum, another Polish cookbook.