by Alan Houghton BrodrickLIÈVRE À LA ROYALE
This famous recipe for lièvre à la
royale was invented by Senator
Couteaux, who contributed regular
articles to the Paris newspaper Le
Temps. On November 29,1898,
instead of his usual political
column, appeared this remarkable
recipe. M. Couteaux related at
length how he had spent a week in
Poitou hunting the right kind of
hare; how, the exactly suitable
animal at last in his hands, he
instantly took the train to Paris,
sent out his invitations, and hurried