Word: kuchen
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...used German and English words in the same sentence, had not yet separated them into two systems. Unexplained were her choices between German and English words for the same thing: she preferred ice cream to Eiskrem, bathe to baden, flower to Blumen, cake to Kuchen. But she said bitte instead of please, Bett instead of bed, da instead of there, mehr instead of more...
...Pastry Chef Hans Rohrbeck in 1904 used to bake the Kaiser's Streusselkuchen every morning in Kranzler's, a royally appointed Unter den Linden confectionery. The Kaiser's taste then was for Kuchen with only the very largest Streussel possible on top of it. Rohrbeck came to the U. S. in 1908, became a citizen in 1913, lost his job this year after some 30 years as a pastry chef in Manhattan, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit. When even his yum-yum recipe for Streusselkuchen* failed to find him a post over the radio, Hans Rohrbeck went...
Stolid Germans, munching veal sandwiches and sugar-topped kuchen at Hamburg's airport last week, failed to recognize Edward of Wales as he landed from the 40-passenger British air liner Heracles. Escorted by bristling Luft Hansa officials, H. R. H. sauntered into the refreshment room, sat down among the munchers, nibbled his first meal in Germany since...
...Martini, keeper of the castle, B. C. Voshell '11 Maraschino, his wife, P. C. Squire '11 Marietta, their foster child, W. D. Owen Sp. Senator Tanner, of Montana, W. B. Day '10 Sue, his daughter, H. F. Boynton '11 Mehitabel Mussell, H. B. Sheahan '09 Beethoven Rubenstein von Zimmer Kuchen, L. H. Baker '11 Richard Webster, H. G. Tomlln '09 Jehosophat Jones, Jr., C. H. Newton '11 Count Spaghetti, suitor to Marietta, J. R. Benton...