The Course of History: Ten Meals That Changed the World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781948924245)

An entertaining seat at the table of ten power meals that shaped history--including the menus and recreated recipes!

Some of the most consequential decisions in history were decided at the dinner table, accompanied--and perhaps influenced--by copious amounts of food and drink. This fascinating book explores ten of those pivotal meals, presenting the contexts, key participants, table talk, and outcomes of each. It offers unique insight into the minds and appetites of some of history's most famous and notorious characters, including Bonnie Prince Charlie, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Richard Nixon.

Feasting on leg of lamb, Bonnie Prince Charlie doomed the Jacobite Army at Culloden. A uniquely American menu served with French wine lubricated the conversation between rivals Jefferson and Hamilton that led to the founding of the US financial system and the location of the nation's capital in Washington. After schweinwürst and sauerkraut with Adolf Hitler at his Berghof residence, Austrian chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg agreed to the complete integration of Austria into the Third Reich. Celebrity chef Tony Singh has researched the menus and recipes for all ten dinners down to the last detail and recreates them here. The book contains fifty-five recipes from soup to desert and lists the spirits as well.

Author: Struan Stevenson, Tony Singh
ISBN-10: 1948924242
ISBN-13: 9781948924245
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Language: English
Published: 04/23/2019
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/25/2019
Booklist 03/15/2019 pg. 39