LOUIS XIV’S APPETITE

                “The Sun King” loved to eat.  Supper, anyway.  His breakfasts and lunches were moderate, but around 10 P.M. he and his retinue pigged out.  These banquets usually consisted of four different soups, a whole pheasant, partridge, chicken, or duck (stuffed with truffles), a large salad, mutton and ham slices, Read more…