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Eating with Emperors : 150 Years of Dining with Emperors, Kings, Queens ... and the Occasional Maharajah

By: Jake Smith

Eating with Emperors : 150 Years of Dining with Emperors, Kings, Queens ... and the Occasional Maharajah

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ISBN: 9780522855289

Format: Hardcover
Published: 1st October 2009

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As reviewed by Toni Whitmont in the October Booktopia Buzz. Click Here to see all of Booktopia's Newsletters.

Eggs served in golden egg cups with golden spoons, recalcitrant chefs boiled alive for the amusement of the watching crowds, a permanent kitchen staff of 45 for one diminutive monarch - Eating with Emperors is full of fabulous culinary trivia and marvellously arcane bit of history as it romps through European royalty and non royal equivalents. Full colour throughout.

Book Description:

The world jeered when the Emperor of Iran served roast peacock to celebrate the anniversary of his Empire; the White House chef threw a tantrum and resigned when asked to cook with frozen vegetables; Hitler was essentially a vegetarian; and, menus at the Buckingham Palace dinner table are written in French and not the Queen's English.

Based on original menu-cards from the tables of kings, queens, emperors, empresses, presidents and princes, Eating with Emperors looks inside the kitchens of the world's leaders and looks at how cooking for our heads-of-state has changed over the past 150 years.

Author Biography: Jake Smith works for Queensland's Department of Primary Industries, providing media advice on the promotion of new food technology, gourmet food and viticulture.