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Giulia Turco, or Giulia Turco Lazzari (; 1848–1912), was a baroness best known as a naturalist and writer in her native 
In the 1850s she wrote for the magazine ''Rivista delle signorine'', where she published a series of articles and short stories under the pseudonym "Jacopo Turco". Here she began a series of works which can be classified as lifestyle guides for young women and expounded the virtues of travel, charity, floral design, natural medicines and cooking.Donne, cucina e ricettari
/ref> Her cultural interests later brought her to support artists and musicians in both her native Trento andThe Appeal Of Nature In The Work Of Bartolomeo Bezzi
/ref> By the end of the 19th century, her main focus was on
Trento
Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th ce ...
, Italy. She was married to the bolognese musician Raffaello Lazzari.
In the 1850s she wrote for the magazine ''Rivista delle signorine'', where she published a series of articles and short stories under the pseudonym "Jacopo Turco". Here she began a series of works which can be classified as lifestyle guides for young women and expounded the virtues of travel, charity, floral design, natural medicines and cooking.Donne, cucina e ricettari/ref> Her cultural interests later brought her to support artists and musicians in both her native Trento and
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...
, where she also had a home. Among these were the painter Eugenio Prati
Eugenio Prati (27 January 1842 - 8 March 1907) was an Italian painter, active in the Trentino, painting genre subjects.
Biography
He was born in Caldonazzo in the Trentino. He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice, and then further studi ...
, a long-time friend, and for whom Turco's diary provides great insight. Another was the naturalist artist Bartolomeo Bezzi, whose "attachment to his native land is a constant aspect of his life and during his stays in Trentino he was a frequent visitor to the cultural circle of Baroness Giulia Turco Lazzari, in such company as Eugenio Prati, Luigi Nono, Angelo dall'Oca Bianca and many other artists, critics, writers and musicians"./ref> By the end of the 19th century, her main focus was on
gastronomy
Gastronomy is the study of the relationship between food and culture, the art of preparing and serving rich or delicate and appetizing food, the cooking styles of particular regions, and the science of good eating. One who is well versed in gastr ...
and she created a large recipe file and catalogue maintained between 1899 and 1901 with Pellegrino Artusi
Pellegrino Artusi (; Forlimpopoli, near Forlì, August 4, 1820 – Florence, March 30, 1911) was an Italian businessman and writer, best known as the author of the 1891 cookbook '' La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiar bene'' ("Science in ...
. In 1904 Artusi published a practical manual for the kitchen, with over 3,000 recipes and 150 tables, simply entitled ''Ecco il tuo libro di cucina'' (Here is your kitchen book). Turco's participation was anonymous and was only later revealed.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Turco, Giulia 1848 births 1912 deaths People from Trento People from the County of Tyrol Italian non-fiction writers 19th-century Italian women writers 20th-century Italian women writers