4 December 1916

Blood off a duck’s back

Claude Terrail, legendary Parisian proprietor of La Tour d'Argent, was born on this day in 1916. His restaurant’s fame extended to the four corners of the Earth, but in this country it is best known as the scene of a curious incident that perfectly illustrates the culinary and cultural gulf between Britain and the France. Read on...
Terrail's signature dish
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