Fascists’ feasts and grated rat: exhibition of vintage menus serves up slice of history

Parisian 1870 new year banquet of elephant fillet and the last lunch on the Titanic among menus on display at exhibition in Rome

Anyone for grated rat? Or how about a fillet of elephant, or a leg of antelope?

On New Year’s Eve 1870, with Paris under siege by Prussian forces, chefs in the few restaurants that remained open were determined to put a haute-cuisine spin on the limited available ingredients.