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Everyone knows Marie Antoinette said "let them eat cake" but why haven't we all heard about Louis insisting on stopping for wine and brie when they were trying to escape the revolutionaries? That break allowed them to catch up, sending the pair to prison and the guillotine. These are the kinds of tidbits we get along with the old recipes, some of which look quite tasty.

Fascinating to learn the word placenta means cake! And that the one that nourishes a baby is named after the cake.