Eleonora Verbeke (1713–1786) was a

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and

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at the

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. She was a co-author of the ''Winckelbouck'', in which, from 1751, she described all her

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. Everyday recipes were also noted. She wrote in

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but also made use of the Bruges dialect. On 13 April 2020, the square in

was named after her.Eleonora Verbeke, hét voorbeeld van ‘Meer vrouw op straat’ in Brugge: “Haar boek is een voorloper van elk kookboek”
Het Laatste Nieuws, 13 april 2020

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1713 births 1786 deaths Apothecaries Belgian nuns History of Bruges {{Belgium-bio-stub