Friday, February 7, 2014

ARTICHOKES Catherine de Medici

King Henry II's wife, Catherine de Medici, introduced the artichoke to France in the 16th century . She said, "If one of us had eaten artichokes, we would have been pointed out on the street. Today young women are more forward than pages at the court."

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