Episode #16: Golden Plates and Dinners on Horseback: Tales of Dining in Gilded Age New York
Outrageous stories of Gilded Age dinners served on plates of gold, live swans swimming in a lake in the center of your table and yes, even dinners served on horseback are all true.
In this show, find out what some of the actual dishes served really were made and served along with stories of the restaurateurs, chefs and hostesses that created these lavish events.
We’ll take a look at some actual balls and dinners given by Mrs. Astor among others and even on the fictional table of Bertha Russell in the recent HBO series “The Gilded Age.”
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