Surprising and mouthwateringly so.
What I thought was to be principally a historical work was actually a cookbook too. The author, Andrew Caldwell, has worked as a classical chef in Bermuda, Mexico, and the United States. He has managed a number of resorts and overseen the development of more than 40 restaurants around the globe. Here, in Their Last Suppers, Caldwell explores the favorite foods of some of history's greatest and most notorious, even describing some of these individual's last meals.
Documented here are the final (or near final meals) of John Edward Smith (Captain of the RMS Titanic), Martin Luther King, Napoleon, Alexander the Great, Diana Princess of Wales, John F. Kennedy, Rasputin, Abraham Lincoln, Elvis Presley, Adolf Hitler, Marilyn Monroe, and others, including (oddly) John Candy, the great comedic actor. Caldwell brings their fare and the recipes into the modern kitchen and provides specific preparation tips throughout.
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