The Elegant Omelet

The Elegant OmeletWhen Napoleon tried to make his first omelet, he messed it up thoroughly and sorrowfully admitted, "I've given myself credit for much greater talents than I actually possess." Queen Victoria of England was much more realistic about the whole business. She attended a cooking school in London in 1873 where she learned something of the omelet before attempting to create one. Other rulers, too, knew when to pay homage to the omelet. When Leopold II of Belgium arrived in M...