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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1960
Page
7
A vintage feast guide offers orange egg nog recipes with optional spirits, serving tips, and make ahead steps. It includes hors d oeuvres ideas like filled celery, ham and egg balls, fish canapes, and tuna and sardine spreads, detailing ingredients and prep guidance.
The Watch with the Cat at the Top designed by Nathan Horwitt of Lenox is among dozens of new acquisitions in MoMA's New York show. Horwitt’s watch gained attention via a Neiman Marcus ad in the New Yorker. Other acquisitions include works by Cezanne Degas Toulouse-Lautrec Seurat a 20 foot Monet mural and a Bourdelle Beethoven head.
The piece de resistance at medieval English Christmas dinners was roast peacock, sometimes baked in pies with the head and tail protruding from opposite crusts. Boar's head and roast beef also featured, with origins in pre Christian and Henry VIII traditions respectively. Russians and Norse traditions included multiple courses and diverse dishes, while American tables favored turkey with stuffing and regional fillings. The record cites a nine foot, 165 pound English pie for Sir Henry Grey, with an enormous list of ingredients and a cart for serving.
Eldress Emma B. King warns that Shaker candy may be discontinued by next year as dwindling colonies fail to meet demand. She cites the Hancock Shaker Community's inability to supply orders and discusses plans to move a meeting house to the Hancock site to preserve the tradition.
Amsterdam writers Letsje Endt and Pel Bos tour the United States visiting New York sights and museums. Endt observes American gifts like toy guns and missiles and notes TV dinners, diverse fashion, and regional foods. She contrasts European uniformity with American individuality and plans further visits to New Orleans to explore race relations.
New York UPI reports a simple festive Cherry Angel Food cake. Prepare a 15 ounce angel cake mix and fold in 1/4 cup finely chopped drained maraschino cherries. Bake in a 10 inch tube pan at 375 until done, invert to cool, and assemble two layers with whipped cream walnuts and chopped cherries. Garnish with flaked almonds and cherries.
A Christmas room feature guide praises wall decorations for a fireplace wall with dark wood panelling. It stresses proportional sizing, wreaths matching mantel height and art above it, and bright colors against the wood. A free standing dramatic fireplace wall is backed by a cabinet line-up.
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