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...Savoy's plushy dining room. This was the most successful luncheon the London branch of the American Chamber of Commerce had staged this year-400 British and U.S. admirals, generals, politicians and businessmen present, another 150 turned away. During the main course of veal roast, potatoes and asparagus he leaned over, made a suggestion to the luncheon speaker, British Minister of Production Oliver Lyttelton. Since there were so many Americans present, Mr. Phillips whispered, it might be a good thing if the speaker said a few words about the U.S. and Japan...
...interview on behalf of the New York Times, put a $1,000 price on the privilege, then invited Saroyan to tea on a nonbusiness basis. After long pondering over what tribute whimsey should pay wit, Saroyan finally loaded himself down with $20 worth of greengrocer specialties, including hothouse melon, asparagus, mushrooms. Roared Vegetarian Shaw "Everybody seems to think I'm starving...
...menu included: fruit cocktail (Texas grapefruit, Brazilian pineapple, Guatemalan bananas, Mexican papaya) ; vegetable plate (Guatemala chayote, Pennsylvania mushrooms, California asparagus, Texas broccoli, Louisiana sweet potatoes, Florida tomatoes); salad (artichoke stuffed with avocado, South American water chestnuts, water-lily roots, papaya); mousse Tropicana (a scooped-out Temple orange, frozen solid, filled with ice cream, chopped figs, dates, California walnuts and Brazilian nuts); pia-pie Brazil (sponge cake and fresh pineapple...
...Army, she lives alone. But against the day when her soldier comes home on furlough the 350-lb. locker is packed with good things to eat - parts of two sheep, big pieces of beef and pork, five fat chickens, some wall-eyed pike, a panful of crappies, asparagus, beans, peaches...
Nine surplus commodities have thus been eaten up in the past 13 weeks. Lettuce (featured May 11-25) had a harvest of 55% above average; spinach, 10% more than usual; asparagus, 57% higher than normal (both were featured June...