Intriguing read
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I have a fascinating old book called Blue Trout and Black Truffles: The Peregrinations of an Epicure by Joseph Wechsberg (£8.92; Wordery). Tales from the grand dining rooms of Austria and France, dating back to the Habsburg Empire.