“One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and […]

Talleyrand : a pineapple savarin is one of many dishes named for the epicurean French statesman Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Prigord (1754-1838). Influential […]

Lamprey la Rabelais – Francois Rabelais (c. 1484-1553), French monk, turned physician, turned famed writer and satirist, was honored in this dish […]

Potatoes O’Brien – possibly William Smith O’Brien (1803-1864), who led the Irish revolt subsequent to the 1844 Potato Famine is the source […]

Margarita – there are many claims for the name of this tequila/lime/orange liqueur cocktail. Dallas socialite Margarita Samas said she invented it […]

Kaiser rolls – originally, rolls made by a Viennese baker in about 1487 for Emperor Frederick V, whose profile was stamped on […]

Green Gage plum or Greengage – Sir William Gage (c. 1656-1727), a botanist and 2nd Baronet of Hengrave, is believed to have […]

Dartois – Francois-Victor-Armand Dartois (1780-1867), once very well-known author of French vaudeville plays, is commemorated by this pastry, made in several versions […]

Fillet of Beef Prince Albert – Queen Victoria‘s Consort Prince Albert (1819-1861), also has an English white sauce, the Prince Albert Pea, […]