Missing Fish and Fatal Feasts: Ritual and Ruin at the Sun King’s Table
From Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Published 10/3/2025
In the gilded court of Louis XIV, 17th Century France, manners are everything. Where to sit, how to eat, what to wear - any misstep is costly. No one knows this better than François Vatel, the greatest party planner in all of France. Tonight, Vatel must deliver the ultimate banquet, a chance…
