<b>What was eating them? And vice versa. </b><br>  <br> In <i>What the Great Ate</i>, Matthew and Mark Jacob have cooked up a bountiful sampling of the peculiar culinary likes, dislikes, habits, and attitudes of famous—and often notorious—figures throughout history. Here is food<br>  <br> • As code: Benito Mussolini used the phrase “we're making spaghetti” to inform his wife if he'd be (illegally) dueling later that day.<br> • As superstition: Baseball star Wade Boggs credited his on-field success to eating chicken before nearly every game.<br> • In service to country: President Thomas Jefferson, America's original foodie, introduced eggplant to the United States and wrote down the nation's first recipe for ice cream. <br>  <br> From Emperor Nero to Bette Davis, Babe Ruth to Barack Obama, the bite-size tidbits in <i>What the Great Ate</i> will whet your appetite for tantalizing trivia.