Dinner With Churchill: Policy-Making at the Dinner Table

A friend once said of Churchill, “He is a man of simple tastes; he is quite easily satisfied with the best of everything.” But dinners for Churchill were about more than good food, wine and cigars.

“Everything” included using the dinner table as a stage on which to display conversational pyrotechnics, an intimate setting for gossip and diplomatic insights, and a forum to argue for the policies he espoused.

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A friend once said of Churchill, “He is a man of simple tastes; he is quite easily satisfied with the best of everything.” But dinners for Churchill were about more than good food, wine and cigars.

“Everything” included using the dinner table as a stage on which to display conversational pyrotechnics, an intimate setting for gossip and diplomatic insights, and a forum to argue for the policies he espoused.

From INSIDE NEW YORK – As a meat-lover who rarely eats meat (due to tuition-induced poverty and life-induced laziness), I often find myself with strong and unsatisfied carnivorous cravings. Bubby’s (120 Hudson St., 212-219-0666) restaurant and bar, fortunately, saved me, satisfying every meat craving I’ve ever had- and then some… Read the full review at Inside New York.