Rudyard Kipling was born today in 1865, and there's a Raffles Suite in his honor. Here's a picture of a generic but nice suite in that marvelous hotel (I know I'm repeating a picture here though...)
The luncheon suggestion for today from 365 Luncheon Dishes (from 1902) is an interesting-sounding Cheese Pudding which is flavored with a curry powder as well as thyme and parsley.
Today's so-called exotic dish suggestion from the 365 Foreign Dishes, published in 1908, is what they call Hungarian Spice Cakes, which sound to me like spiced cookies; they suggest you serve them with wine.