Charlemagne died in 814 AD and was entombed sitting on his throne. Two hundred years later the Pope demanded his crown back. When the vault was opened the body was discovered nearly intact. (It remained so for 200 more years,… Read More
A dinner party thrown by Samuel Pepys in 1663 included not a single vegetable. The fare consisted of: “a fricasee of rabbits and chickens, a leg of mutton boiled, three carps in a dish, a great dish of a side of lamb, a dish of roasted pigeons, a dish of four lobsters, three tarts, a lamprey pie…” and “a dish of anchovies.”