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Pastimes : Books, Movies, Food, Wine, and Whatever

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From: S. maltophilia7/29/2023 4:45:54 PM
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If you spent any time on the website formerly known as Twitter in the last few months, you may have seen a vintage menu going viral.

The menu, dated to February 17, 1941, is from the Warner Bros. Studio Cafe in Burbank, California. What made it so fascinating was the sheer amount of food and the number of midcentury oddities on offer. The hungry starlet or sound technician, if their wallets allowed, could start with imported caviar, follow it up with a T-bone steak, and finish their meal with a glass of half-and-half.

It’s incredible how many details about the era jump off a single page. One of the daily specials was “hot dogs with Liberty cabbage and carrots.” Liberty cabbage was sauerkraut, temporarily renamed during a wartime rejection of all things German. Another special, a “Fresh Vegetable Dinner” with a poached egg, is a plant-based exception on......

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