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...couple of Fridays ago Pierre Salinger, John Kennedy's press secretary, penned a note between bites of his shrimps sautés nantua and sent it over to Pat Buchanan, President Nixon's speechwriter, who was deep into an omelette au parmesan. Salinger congratulated Buchanan for his performance before the Watergate committee. On his way out of the restaurant, Buchanan stopped for a cheery chat with Salinger and his companions, Columnist Art Buchwald and Frank Mankiewicz, George McGovern's sometime campaign aide...
...butter and cheese, and 1,000 pints of cream to feed the guests and their legions of attendants. The menu for the main banquet was up to the occasion: quail eggs stuffed with caviar (the only Iranian dish on the menu); a mousse of crayfish tails in Nantua sauce; stuffed rack of roast lamb and, as a main course, a traditional medieval dish: roast peacock stuffed with foie gras. For dessert there was a ring of figs with raspberries in the center, champagne sherbet and mocha coffee. There was also a 33-kg. cake to mark Farah's 33rd...
Maternus, named after a 4th century German bishop, successfully combines food, service, atmosphere and personality. Its kitchen turns out such specialties as Filet Wellington, Sole Nantua and Kalbsrücken Orloff, a veal steak that serves ten. The wine cellar contains an outstanding assortment of Moselle. The tables are decorated with well-worn pewter, the five public dining rooms provide the kind of labyrinthine privacy that politicians prefer, and the two private rooms are perfect for In-timpolitik. Presiding over all is Owner-Hostess Ria Alzen, a 55-year-old divorcee of quick wit and ready warmth. Because...
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