How to catch and cook a palm crab if the embassy does not pay salaries and you are hungry? The Hague Conference - what is it eaten with? Is it difficult to live a month in captivity of the Libyan rebels, eating only couscous? The answers to these and other questions can be found in the book Diplomatic Kitchen. In it, the author, who has gone from attaché to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, talks about the behind the scenes of diplomacy. About life incidents and adventures, problems of choice and chance, about people and their characters. And of course, about the cuisine of different countries.