Parisian 1870 new year banquet of elephant fillet and the last lunch on the Titanic among menus on display at exhibition in Rome
Anyone for grated rat? Or how about a fillet of elephant, or a leg of antelope?
On New Year’s Eve 1870, with Paris under siege by Prussian forces, chefs in the few restaurants that remained open were determined to put a haute-cuisine spin on the limited available ingredients.
