1950s Archive

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Food Flashes: June 1950

Lindt Swiss Chocolate returns to America, the first shipment here since before the war. Back in a variety of kinds: semisweet milk, extra bitter, chocolate with marrons, with hazelnuts, with mocha.
June 1950
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Roaming Round The Equator

I went to Turkey because a New York art dealer had cabled me to fly to Istanbul to look over a Rose Period Picasso that had just come into the market.
May 1950
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An Epicurean Tour of the French Provinces: Basses-Pyrénées

The départment of the Basses-Pyrénées in the far southwestern corner of France is significant to the traveler for a variety of reasons.
May 1950
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Food Flashes: May 1950

New Orleans, Queen City of the Mississippi. Sip a Ramos gin fizz, dull circs forgotten, bury disappointments in a heady Sazerac.
May 1950
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Tricks of my Trade

March 1950
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An Epicurean Tour of the French Provinces: Mediterranean

The Azure Coast offers a treasury of aromatic dishes, and a succession of gastronomic temples in which to taste them.
March 1950
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Food Flashes: March 1950

Easter ahead. Everything points to it. The winds soft; the roots are stirring. Plan now to bring the golden foods to the table.
March 1950
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Spécialités de la Maison: February 1950

Featuring Keen's English Chophouse, Gage and Tollner, Café St. Denis, Viceroy, Versailles.
February 1950
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Vintage Tour—1949

To France, her great wines, her matchless food, her overwhelming hospitality!
February 1950
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Food Flashes: February 1950

Giving a party? Want cheese, lots of cheese to serve pass-the-tray fashion? Order the gold box from the Dairyland Cheese Company Madison 3, Wisconsin.
February 1950

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