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Died. Francis Welch ("Frank") Crowninshield, 75, longtime editor of the late, famed Vanity Fair, pioneer U.S. collector of modern French art, elegant bon vivant of the old school; after an operation; in Manhattan. Frank Crowninshield made Vanity Fair a gourmet's selection of new, high-flavored literary and artistic dishes, sandwiched bright new writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anita Loos and E. E. Cummings between the paintings of Matisse, Segonzac, Pascin, Laurencin, and seasoned the whole with Covarrubias caricatures and Steichen photographs. At 71, after observing that "it would make a frightful mess if I died and left...
Rambling through a novel of Ludwig Bemelmans is like eating in an expensive Viennese tea shop. The descriptions are like cups of rich chocolate, topped with heavy whipped cream; the plot is as easy to get through as the flaky Austrian pastry; but later on the gourmet may feel that the frothy repast had a residue that is unexpectedly heavy. "Dirty Eddie" has many of the characteristics of its predecessors: the sensuous surface of champagne, nylons, and silly, suggestive talk remains as lush as ever, and if there is any change from the old Bemelmans, it is that...
...essentials of the standard Hollywood production line model--boy, girl, and rocky road to romance, satisfactorily traversed. But a well turned plot and some fine acting by Victor Moore distinguish it from the run of the mill and transform it into entertainment that will please even the cinematic gourmet...
...always be fastidious people," he said, and refused to cut his staff. He kept tabs on his waiters, studied food (he could tell many blends of coffee by taste), and traveled widely in search of new ideas. Once a year he assembled hotel men and other friends for a gourmet's dinner of California wines, lettuce from irrigated Arizona gardens, and sole flown from the English channel. The Waldorf became an international institution. Princes, ambassadors and Elsa Maxwell filled the suites in its socially topless Towers...
...Freshman Union will not be open for diners this summer, what with construction of the Lamont Library and all. Yard dwellers, along with Winthrop residents, will have to trek over to Kirkland for their meals. Men from Claverly and Leverett will form a gourmet's caravan to Eliot while Dunster and Adams do the same thing to Lowell. In all, only three dining halls will operate during the summer months...