Word: filet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Boxes for Tiaras. So many bag toters cling to the pious fiction that they are taking the filet home to Fido that almost every restaurateur has a story about the child who pipes up: "But when are we getting a dog, Mommy?" Exasperated waiters have been known to take revenge on such hypocrites by stuffing their Bowser Bags with bones and other morsels that only a dog would appreciate, or else by putting in strawberry shortcake and similar goodies designed to send a canine to an early grave. Zaberers' Old Gables Inn in Atlantic City simply labels its containers...
...CHALET. From a little fresh-air balcony in the Swiss pavilion you can watch the aerial gondolas coast overhead, sip cool rose wine, sample Swiss cheeses, and cook bite-size cubes of filet mignon (Fondue Bourguignonne) right on the table. Dipped in five sauces, they are delicious...
...asked for a vodka gimlet but did not like it. She took a sip from the old-fashioned of a newsman at the table with her, made a face and handed it back, finally settling for a cherry cordial. She was not very hungry, and ate little of her filet mignon with mushroom sauce...
Small as the assemblage was, the candlelit room was smaller yet, and some of the guests wound up forced to sip their cocktails in the ladies' room. But nobody seemed to mind, for the conversation was lively, the filet mignon was good, and the guest of honor was unusually convivial. The occasion was a testimonial dinner in Manhattan last week for terrible-tempered Westbrook Pegler...
...trend that gives airline operators pause is the steady movement of passengers to the rear of the big jets. With flying hours cut in half by jets, most air travelers would rather have lower fares and fewer frills in the aft coach section than filet mignon and champagne in first class up front. Because the saving is considerable ($43.89 below first class from New York to Los Angeles), more and more corporations are directing their salesmen and executives to fly coach. So is the Government; only the top brass now fly first class. Some airlines have as little...