Fig. 11

A diner, with their napkin wrapped around their head enjoying the illegal pleasures of an ortolan, a rare bird of the bunting family, served in France and which is meant to be eaten whole. This was purportedly on the menu for ex-president François Mitterrand’s final banquet shared with 40 friends shortly before his death in 1996 [Figure taken from John Baxter’s, The perfect meal ([38], p. 126)]