Cookbooks are currently a very popular literary genre in the field of gastronomy, but this was not always the case. Until the end of the 19th century, cookbooks were intended only for wealthy middle-class female readers. The study tries to show that the situation changed at the beginning of the 20th century, and cookbooks that were unprecedented before 1900 appeared. Their authors began to focus on particular groups of diners, types of ingredients, and different ways of eating. They also aimed at lower social classes, such as the working class and the countryside. The first cookbooks inspired by foreign gastronomy or the new dietary phenomenon – vegetarianism – were also produced. The development was also influenced by several historical events, such as World War I, when several war cookbooks were written. The female authors of cookbooks are an important aspect in the research on gastronomy. They are no longer just experienced housewives who share their recipes and advice, but include women dealing with education, and health and food science. Some of the authors‘ names are still well-known today.
Současná literatura je bohatá na vznik autobiografických žánrů: memoárů, esejů a samozřejmě deníků různého typu a zaměření. Ve slovanských literaturách se v posledních letech objevují deníkové záznamy autorek, jež jsou věnovány dětem, jejich výchově, dospívání apod. Příspěvek je zaměřen na žánrové specifikum deníkových záznamů o dětech vznikajících v současné české literatuře, konkrétně v tvorbě žurnalistky Lucie Nachtigallové (roč. 1977). Cílem příspěvku je poukázat na žánrový posun Deníků fejsbukové matky ve vztahu ke klasickému příkladu deníků věnovaných dětem z pera slovenské spisovatelky Eleny Maróthy-Šoltésové (1855–1939) Moje deti. and Contemporary literature is rich in the emergence of autobiographical genres: memoirs, essays and, of course, diaries of different types and orientations. In recent years, the Slavonic literatures include diary records of female authors dedicated to children, their upbringing, adolescence and other features. The paper focuses on genre specific features of diary records on children that emerge in contemporary Czech literature, namely in the work of the female journalist Lucie Nachtigallová (born in 1977). The aim of the paper is to show a genre shift of The Facebook Mother's Diaries [Deníky fejsbukové matky] in relation to a classic example of diaries dedicated to children written by the Slovak female writer Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová (1855–1939) My Children [Moje deti].