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In defence of duck à l’orange

7 January 2023

9:00 AM

7 January 2023

9:00 AM

Duck à l’orange is so deliciously retro, it’s almost a cliché of kitsch. It seems hard to believe that there was a time when it was genuinely regarded as elegant, or subtle-flavoured, let alone exciting; that it wasn’t always a byword for naff.

But as its name suggests, duck à l’orange had chic origins.

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