From bear chops to borscht, how menus helped shape world politics

A man wearing a suit is crouching and pointing at a menu.

The “A World of Menus” exhibit that opened last week in Rome at the Garum Library and Museum of Cuisine lays out some 400 historic menus. They offer a glimpse into defining moments of diplomatic aspirations, displays of wealth and power, creative acts of defiance and calm before catastrophe.

CBC | World News

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