• Akasazh
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    4 days ago

    It’s a very smart answer to flatter your hosts’ culinary speciality.

    I read this interview with the chef of the French Presidents’ residence once.

    In that he told about the first visit from German Chancellor Angela Merkel. After the dinner she asked for the chef to come up, complimented him and asked Chirac if he could spare his chef for a masterclass to the German chefs in residence.

    I then knew what a brilliant diplomat Merkel was.