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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Short-changed on his fishing, Ike consoled himself with another favorite pastime-cooking. He took full responsibility for the party's meals, noisily clanged the big outdoor dinner bell whenever chow was on. (One day's menu: breakfast-flapjacks and sausage; lunch-potato salad and Ike's special vegetable soup, which takes two days to make; dinner-trout and roasting ears.) In between meals, he loafed around, sometimes worked on a new oil painting-a mountain landscape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Complete Vacationer | 9/7/1953 | See Source »

Diet As You Ride. For dieting passengers, the Pennsylvania Railroad began serving a 470-calorie meal in its dining cars. The menu: tomato juice, two crackers, chopped sirloin, carrots, lettuce salad (with nonfattening dressing), half a grapefruit, tea or coffee with saccharin. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, may 11, 1953 | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

This is but a sample menu, to give the beginner confidence in ordering a basic meal. Each new Chinesegoer will want to expeliment for himself, educating his tastes to include steamed fish, abalone, and squid. With chopsticks firmly clutched, and the soy sauce at hand, anyone can rapidly acquire a professional veneer, and the process is both easy and pleasant...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: Sauce for the Coolie | 5/7/1953 | See Source »

...surgery or change their habits. Six out of ten patients found overweight start reducing. To help them, companies like Du Pont have developed special diets; Westinghouse's executive dining room features a 350-calorie "Waistliner" lunch each day and posts a calorie count after every item on its menu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT: The Pace That Kills | 3/30/1953 | See Source »

...already overstuffed with caviar and champagne, I came to this conclusion: Mr. Morrow would be a much more admired man had he given the party for orphans, soldiers and the needy, who, I am sure, would have appreciated it more than the elite-with, of course, a different menu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 2, 1953 | 2/2/1953 | See Source »

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