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- Alexander Pushkin

This man, counted among the most famous poets, also liked to sit down to eat. He is also credited with the phrase "Don't put back for dinner what you can eat for lunch". That said, it would be difficult to qualify him as an absolute gourmet: he loved the elaborate dishes of French cuisine as much as simple country gastronomy. His poet friend Piotr Viazemski testified that he saw Pushkin swallow 20 peaches in a row. The latter also had a passion for gooseberry jam and many other dishes.

-Agatha Christie

The queen of the detective genre Agatha Christie was distinguished not only by her exceptional talent but also by her indomitable appetite.

Yes, and rather twice than once! In her memories as a little girl, rocks with raisins, a cook who works all day making delicious cookies, Christmas lunches filled with mincemeat tarts and Christmas puddings garnished with candied fruit. Later, Devon apples, blackberries that she would lament that she could no longer taste as she grew older, and clotted cream consumed with a ladle and mixed with milk… Awakened gourmet, during her world tour with of Archibald Christie, she wants to taste the specialties and notices that you can find more than a dozen kinds of banana in Honolulu...

- Augustus and Julius Caesar

The great emperors of ancient Rome were big fans of asparagus. Auguste adored asparagus, he preferred them crunchy. Julius Caesar tasted them covered with melted butter.

-Charles Darwin

The evolutionary theorist was a member of the Club Gourmand when he was a student and used to meet friends to test the strangest meats possible. He boasted of having eaten falcon and alligator but his favorite was... armadillo. He described it like this: “It tastes like duck” but better.

-Alfred Hitchcock

Brits love comfort food and savory pies and director Alfred Hitchcock was no exception. In particular he loved the baked ham and onion tart.

-Saul Steinberg

One of the greatest illustrators of the mid-twentieth century famous for his work for the New Yorker loved to eat breakfast three times a day considering it the only good meal in the United States: waffles pancakes fries bacon eggs ham.

-Louis XVIII

The last King of France inherited Napoleon's former aide the Marquis de Cussy, but initially he didn't trust someone who had served Napoleon faithfully in the past. It is said, however, that this changed the day the Marquis de Cussy prepared what was to become Louis XVIII's favorite dessert: Fraises à la Cussy (strawberries mixed with sugar, cream and champagne).

-Thomas Jefferson

Often considered the greatest of all American presidents, he was known to love good wine (especially Château Lafite Rothschild). But Thomas Jefferson was also a fruit enthusiast. Once he wrote that the cherry was "so superior to other fruits". This fruit was for him "a gift from heaven".

- Honoré de Balzac

The French writer was a rather original gourmet: apparently once he took part in a rich banquet consisting of a hundred oysters a dozen cutlets two whole partridges a duck and a fish. It was for dinner: after that he wrote from midnight to noon the next day consuming nothing but coffee, eggs and fruit. He owned a candy store and he was mad about marzipan.

- Alexandre Dumas

When he was not busy writing The Three Musketeers one could easily meet Alexandre Dumas in one of the many sumptuous Parisian restaurants he liked to frequent: in one of these establishments he even had his own private salon. His favorite dish, however, he liked to create on his own in the restaurant, especially if he was in good company. It was actually a vinaigrette composed as follows: hard-boiled egg yolks crushed in olive oil, diced gherkins, anchovies, hard-boiled egg whites, chervil, thyme, salt, pepper and vinegar to to end. He used this condiment to season his salad with a pinch of paprika to finish.

- Alexandre Dumas Junior

The apple never falls far from the tree: the illegitimate son of the famous writer had also become famous in Paris for his favorite food which was also a rather "elaborate" salad although it looked more like a main dish. The Francillion Salad was made with red potatoes softened in ground beef celery broth with Chablis butter… and live mussels! Once ready the dish had to be cooled and served cold.

- Francois Rene de Chateaubriand

Chateaubriand is now more famous for his favorite food that bears his name than for his works. Ambassador of France in London he created the famous steak consisting of a sirloin covered in butter and pepper then grilled sliced seasoned with even more butter and parsley and with a Bernaise sauce.

- Winston Churchill

Turtle soup was a specialty of pre-war Britain. Winston Churchill was a fan of soups (but not creamy ones, only very runny broths) but he didn't care if he couldn't find the turtle soup. Apparently, however, a single bite of this soup is enough to become a fan.

- Catherine de Medici

The Italian princess who brought the Renaissance to France by marrying Henry II helped transform medieval (and in any case, rather barbaric, culture-wise) France into an enlightened and sophisticated place. To begin with, it was she who introduced the fork and the plate to the king's court: previously French aristocrats ate on pieces of bread using their hands and a knife. She liked to eat birds (stork, swan, heron, crow) and artichokes which she considered aphrodisiacs.

- Abraham Lincoln

No one is as American as the sixteenth President Abraham Lincoln. His favorite dish that he ate for breakfast whenever he could was: apples bacon and coffee.

- Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon's favorite chicken Marengo takes its name from the Battle of Marengo (1800) which Napoleon almost lost. The story goes that he didn't feel like talking about tactics that day and when asked what the next step would be he told Desaix one of his generals to do whatever he wanted and that anyway he was going to dinner. Desaix won the battle but was killed that day. Meanwhile Napoleon's assistant prepared what would become one of his favorite dishes using all the ingredients he found on the battlefield. The result was a dish of chicken sautéed in olive oil with onions (because there was no butter) dry white wine black olives tomatoes mushrooms and Madeira wine.

-Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo, the unforgettable genius of the Renaissance in the field of food, was modest, preferring vegetarian food. That's why his diet often consisted of fresh tomatoes zucchini cabbage carrots and parmesan cheese brain-boosting products. Da Vinci's favorite dish was minestrone vegetable soup which, oddly enough, he became addicted to during infancy. The classic Florentine minestrone has strong veggies and is thick and satisfying at the same time.

- Ludwig Von Beethoven

Beethoven, one of the greatest music composers in history, was happy when he could eat one of the simplest dishes: pasta with cheese.

-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart was not only a brilliant musician but he loved to party. His favorite food was sauerkraut served with liver ravioli.