Category: Britain

Famous Foods Named for British Royalty

The interesting thing about Britain is how many classic dishes were actually named after British Royalty. One very famous example is Coronation Chicken. Coronation chicken was invented in 1953 to feed the foreign guests attending Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation.   Coronation Chicken consists of poached chicken cubes, onion, curry paste, red wine, apricot halves, mayonnaise and whipping cream. It was a cold dish, a chicken […]

Princess Diana’s Favorite Foods

It was well known that Princess Diana was always worried about her weight and in fact was even bulimic. It is no wonder that her personal chefs have revealed that her choices in foods were very low calorie and also very slimming.   Lady Diana had some very interesting but still very English eating habits. For instance, if she did have breakfast she would have […]