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Cooper & Robins. Host at the banquet was genial Soviet-famed Engineer Col. Hugh L. Cooper as president of the American-Russian Chamber of Commerce. Guests paid $5.50 per plate for a dinner which included Beluga Caviar spread thin on toast.† Borsch (beet soup) and Filet of Beef Stroganoff. Guest Litvinoff said that Host Cooper's services "are already inscribed in the geography of the Soviet Union and endure in the concrete of Dnieprostroy" Dam, but he singled out as "probably the oldest friend of the Soviet Union in America" none other than that dramatic victim of amnesia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Caviar to Litvinoff | 12/4/1933 | See Source »

...absence of Secretary of State Hull, Secretary of the Treasury Woodin escorted Mrs. Roosevelt in to her first State dinner. Mrs. Roosevelt had chosen pink chrysanthemums and pompons for her table decorations. Her menu: clear soup with whipped cream, Thinsies, filet of trout, tomatoes & cucumbers, turkey, green beans, creamed cauliflower, sweet potatoes, cranberry jelly, cream cheese balls & pineapple salad, beaten biscuits, ice cream & cake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Tories & Thomases | 11/27/1933 | See Source »

...decided he did not, got a job at famed Marguery's Restaurant, and soon wished himself back in the patisserie. At Marguery's his principal job was shelling mussels to be used as trimming for the restaurant's specialty, filet de sole Marguery. When he got a chance to go to London and the Savoy, he jumped at it. His food and quarters there were so much better that he became discontented, thought again of Henry's bomb when he caught glimpses of the sleek diners in the grillroom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Out of the Frying Pan | 8/7/1933 | See Source »

...sparingly at these dinners. I avoid the thick filet mignons, the rich dressings and the heavy food. At from 10:15 to 10:30 o'clock I say good night. If the occasion happens to be a dance I may sit in my box till midnight but never later. My rule is that I must be in bed between 11 and 12. I must keep in training, almost like an athlete. My exercise is obtained from walking. About two o'clock every afternoon I leave my office at the Capitol and walk briskly for a mile or more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Lamest Duck | 12/5/1932 | See Source »

...Filet of Sea Bass Saute with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Food for Rich & Poor | 11/21/1932 | See Source »

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