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What was the best meal in history?

What was the best meal in history?

From rat pie to diced calf's brain, five food historians introduce a selection of palate-pleasers from the past...

Almond Hedgehog: A debonair addition to the hostess’s armoury in the Georgian period. (Illustration by Clair Rossiter for BBC History Magazine)

Published: December 8, 2020 at 11:34 AM

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