Category Archives: Food and Drink

Illegal Immigrants on Welfare! Child Psychic Says Missing Man Was Murdered

Posted on June 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

"What Do You Make of This Hole Under the Instrument Panel?" California, the "welfare magnet," for illegal immigrants. Above, UCLA's famous "pansy ring" for future brides. Hitler pays a surprise birthday visit to Richard Strauss …   … and welcomes … Continue reading →

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Cooking With the Junior League: Boston

Posted on June 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

  In Cooking With the Junior League, Mary McCoy writes: This week, I’ll be visiting New England, at long last, and cooking a meal from More Than a Tea Party, written by the Junior League of Boston, and published in … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Dining

Posted on June 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

  June 10, 1930: Roscoe Arbuckle is no longer connected in any way with the famous Eads Castle Cafe.

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Found on EBay — Oriental Cafe

Posted on June 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

This postcard showing the interior of the Oriental Cafe, 445-447 S. Main St., has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $9.99, a little steep for my blood.  Look what else you could get at 447 S. Main in 1903! … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Florentine Gardens

Posted on June 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

This menu from the Florentine Gardens nightclub on Hollywood Boulevard has been listed on EBay. Most of the Florentine Gardens menus offered for sale feature a cowgirl in an abbreviated costume. This style is a bit more uncommon. Bidding starts … Continue reading →

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Cooking With the Junior League: Tampa, Fla.

Posted on June 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

In this week's Cooking With the Junior League, Mary McCoy visits Tampa, Fla., 1961, She writes: Ruth Beck Bakalar, editorial director of Gourmet magazine called The Gasparilla Cookbook “the most ambitious of community cookbooks.”  Ladies Home Journal said it was … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — ‘They Call Them Camisoles’

Posted on June 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

This is truly an unusual item. "They Call Them Camisoles" was written by former actress Wilma Carnes using the name Wilma Wilson and describes her harrowing experiences at the state mental hospital at Camarillo. Wilson was committed to the hospital … Continue reading →

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Cooking With the Junior League: That ’70s Show

Posted on May 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

This week in Cooking With the Junior League, Mary McCoy delves into 1970s recipes from El Paso. She writes: "Since its publication in 1974, the Junior League of El Paso’s cookbook, Seasoned With Sun has gone through numerous printings and … Continue reading →

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Cooking With the Junior League: Land of Lincoln

Posted on May 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

The Lincolns' kitchen in Springfield. In this week's post on Cooking With the Junior League, Mary McCoy tries dishes from the Springfield, Ill., league's cookbook, "Honest to Goodness." Mary writes: "The Junior League of Springfield’s thoughtful dedication to local history … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: What’s in That Ice Cream?

Posted on May 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

May 18, 1957 Note: Miltown was a frequently prescribed tranquilizer in the 1950s.

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Found on EBay — Jerry’s Joynt

Posted on May 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

This flier from Jerry's Joynt, a long-vanished restaurant in old Chinatown, has been listed on EBay. The postcards showing the bar are somewhat common, but I've never seen this item before. Bidding starts at $2.

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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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