Category Archives: Food and Drink

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Southern Dining

Posted on May 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

  May 15, 1948

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Drinking With the Junior League

Posted on May 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

This strawberry daiquiri packs a bit of a wallop, Potts says. Brady Potts, who has so many talents they're impossible to list, takes over for his wife, Mary McCoy, on the food history blog Cooking With the Junior League. Brady … Continue reading →

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‘Pork Chop’ Baby; Perils of State Medicine, May 10, 1939

Posted on May 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

  This was presented as a news story on the cover of the B section, which carried local news.

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Found on EBay — A Night on the Town, 1944

Posted on May 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

  A lot of seven souvenir nightclub photos, all from 1944, has been listed on EBay. These folks clearly got around: Earl Carroll's, the Florentine Gardens, the Cocoanut Grove, plus several clubs in San Francisco. Notice the woman at left … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.

Posted on May 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

May 8, 1926

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Found on EBay — Earl Carroll’s

Posted on May 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

I usually don't run the EBay photos this big, but I'm baffled by this one. Take a look at the table: These folks have dinner rolls, glasses of water, silverware, etc. and then these huge buckets of ice Is this … Continue reading →

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Tomato Aspic c. 1964.

Posted on May 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

Mary McCoy, who is exploring Nashville cuisine c. 1964 this week in her Cooking With the Junior League blog, whips up a tomato aspic, at left with robot garnish. She writes that this bit of culinary history is best left … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Oviatt’s

Posted on May 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

A carving knife from Oviatt's has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $24.99. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-8640152-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Florentine Gardens

Posted on May 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

This program from the Florentine Gardens has been listed on EBay. These items turn up somewhat often and aren’t especially rare — at least when you consider the Florentine Gardens seated a couple thousand people for several shows a night. … Continue reading →

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Nashville Cuisine, 1964

Posted on April 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

At left, 1964 Nashville is the latest destination of Mary McCoy's Cooking With the Junior League blog. (Mary,  the entertaining voice of This Book Is for You, is spending a year preparing meals from Junior League cookbooks). Mary writes: Published … Continue reading →

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Honor Farm Opens to Ease Jail Crowding, April 25, 1939

Posted on April 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

Corrections and rehabilitation as practiced in 1939. The honor farm will house 600 men who would otherwise be held in jail.   At left, Werner Philipp's portrait of Katherine Dunham, which was found in a Ventura antique store. Read more … Continue reading →

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Cooking With the Junior League, 1965

Posted on April 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

As you may recall, Mary McCoy, the entertaining voice of This Book Is for You, is spending a year preparing meals from Junior League cookbooks in her blog Cooking With the Junior League. This week, she is taking a historic … Continue reading →

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Mickey Cohen in Senate Racket Probe; Drysdale Throws Shutout, March 25, 1959

Posted on March 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

At first, I thought this would be great for my lead art … … next, I thought this would be even better… … but "Nancy" wins. Ernie Bushmiller’s comic is usually timeless, but here’s a rare topical reference to the … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Paris Inn Cafe

Posted on March 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

A mixed lot of menus from the 1930s and ’40s has been listed on EBay, including this item from the Paris Inn Cafe, 210 E. Market St., which was torn down about 1950. The lot of 50, not all from … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Little Joe’s

Posted on March 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

Someone went to Little Joe’s, in what used to be an Italian neighborhood but is now Chinatown, and swiped an ashtray. Although the restaurant closed years ago, the building remains, although it has been heavily modified over the years. Bidding … Continue reading →

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Red Hot Chili Pepper!

Posted on March 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

Daily Mirror reader Todd Mecklem sends this Aug. 2, 1909, clipping from the Long Beach Press-Telegram. Unfortunately, The Times didn’t find this item newsworthy.

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Cooking With the Junior League

Posted on March 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

My friend Mary McCoy, of This Book Is for You (done with her husband, Brady Potts) and On Bunker Hill, has begun a new blog, Cooking With the Junior League, that will examine regional cooking as reflected in Junior League … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Tick Tock Restaurant

Posted on March 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

This postcard of the Tick Tock restaurant, onetime Los Angeles landmark at 1716 N. Cahuenga, has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $5.99.

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Central Vice Reports on the Norbo Grill, 1958

Posted on February 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times The Hotel Norbo, 526 E. 8th St., Feb. 14, 2009 Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times The former Norbo Grill, 530 E. 6th St., Feb. 14, 2009 Photographs by Catriona … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — February 12, 1959

Posted on February 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

Light in Darkness It’s a worthwhile experience to put down whatever you’re doing for half an hour today and read something about one of the world’s great men. It doesn’t matter which of the books about him you read. His … Continue reading →

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