Word: foie
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Amour. In comparison to Germany last week pre-Christmas France was paradise. Oysters, caviar, foie gras, turkey, geese or chicken, wines and liquor were all abundant and Premier Edouard...
...spectacle of the meeting was the annual culinary and confectionery art show. Among its exhibits: Independence Hall in spun sugar; hams made up as mandolins; a prize wicker work cake by the chef of Philadelphia's Ritz-Carlton; a prize 18-lb. mousse de foie gras which cost Chef Fernand Gspann four days' labor and $20 to build of sliced truffles, tongue and egg white. Spectacle No. 2 was a beauty contest for local waitresses on "National Distillers Night," which turned rowdy when merrymaking stewards acclaimed their favorites by direct action. In the afternoon that day a special...
...Helen Charlton announced today that she had canceled all vacation plans in order to continue her work of touring the West End district each night and feeding stray cats pâté de foie gras, minced salmon, minced beef and milk. "That is the only way to be sure the cats are fed," she explained. "I have given up donating money to charity...
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...charge of the store is Frederick Page, small, bone-spectacled, filled with anecdotes of such famed gourmets as Brillat. Savarin and Edward VII, who would have no paté de foie gras after he saw geese being stuffed with food the better to fatten their livers. To visitors of untrained appetites Mr. Page explains such delicacies as East Indian poppadums, cheeses-marmalades, honeys from Syria, Portugal, Greece, England; Bombay duck; cox-combs in jelly; grouse pie; vintage marmalades; sole farcie en champagne. He explains that Fortnum & Mason anxiously awaits the Department of Agriculture's permission to sell rare soups...