Eating with Emperors
Eating with Emperors
150 Years of Dining with Emperors, Kings, Queens... and the Occasional Maharajah
Contributors: Jake Smith (author)
Format: Hardback, 254 x 191mm , 304 pp, illus throughout
Publication date: 01 Oct 2009
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
ISBN-10: 0522855288
EAN: 9780522855289
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.