num_pages: 320
description: Based on original menu cards from the tables of kings queens emperors empresses presidents and princes this handbook explores the kitchens of the worlds leaders and examines how cooking for them has changed over the past 150 years. With anecdotes and recipes this record which is part cookbook and part history book explores the relationship between food and diplomacy and features royals and heads of state such as Adolf Hitler Napolon Bonaparte President George W. Bush President John F. Kennedy Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Diana Princess of Wales Rainier III of Monaco and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Recipes include Lobster Medallions in White Mushroom Sauce from the royal wedding menu of Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria-Hungary to Princess Stphanie of Belgium Quail with Cognac-Flamed Mushrooms from the hunting menu of Emperor Wilhelm II Whole Stuffed Wild Boars Head from the Christmas menu of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Meringue Covered Brioche Soaked in Kirsch from the menu of King Albert I of Belgium for his guests the King and Queen of Denmark.
language: English
title: Eating with Emperors: 150 Years of Dining with Emperors, Kings, Queens . . . and the Occasional Maharajah
publisher: Melbourne University Publishing