Food and politics are inextricably linked. The rulers' cooks remain in the shadows, but perhaps they, like no one else, know and understand those for whom they cook. After all, in order to please the client, you need not only to study his tastes and habits well, but also to be able to quickly respond to the slightest changes in the situation or mood. Especially if your life depends on it. Polish journalist Witold Szablowski asks the question: what was on the plates of the dictators of the second half of the 20th century when they made their terrible decisions? What did Saddam Hussein have for lunch when he gave the order to gas tens of thousands of Kurds? What did Pol Pot eat when nearly two million Khmers were starving to death? What did Fidel Castro order when he brought the world to the brink of nuclear war? Combining the testimony of personal chefs with panoramic optics, Shablovsky creates vivid portraits of famous tyrants, sometimes finding the most unexpected qualities in them.