Shortage of Cooks Grows in U.S. Restaurants and Hotels
A 1955 Statler study warned 18 000 cooks and bakers and 400 professional chefs are needed yearly to replace those retiring or dying. Prominent chefs from Le Pavillon and Antoine’s anticipate shortages as many master cooks retire. New apprenticeship efforts rise in New York Boston and New Orleans to train 200 cooks in two years.
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Clement Grangier
New York
le Pavillon
Martin Manzonetta
Boston
Old Locke Ober
John Daigle
Antoine’s
New Orleans
Statler Hotels
U.S
Manhattan
The
Americana
Chefs’ Union
Restaurant League
Brennan’s
Paris
Dutch Surgeon Builds High Pressure Operating Room
Dr Iete Boerema of the University of Amsterdam creates a 14 by 20 foot compressed air chamber at 45 psi to oxygenate blood during surgery. The setup aims to reduce blood donor needs and lessen blood cell damage while raising oxygen reserves in patients. Only half of staff adapt to the pressure without discomfort.
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Iete Boerema
University of Amsterdam
Wilhelmina Clinic
Boerema
Newsweek
Holiday Fruit Cake and Brambles Recipes Headline
Readable fragments describe an emergency fruit cake recipe with sugar, shortening, applesauce, eggs, and dried fruits. Also included are Brambles or fruit nut squares, Aunt Bill's Candy, a fruit punch, and Crunchy Bacon Chip Dip with ingredients and preparation hints.
European apprentices made chefs of today’s kitchens
Apprentices began around age 15 and trained fifteen years before earning the chef’s toque. Europe’s restaurant boom now keeps Italians home, Americans avoid the craft, but Ernest Lanker, a 53 year old Swiss chef in San Francisco, remains optimistic about American cuisine. He notes improved efficiency and technology may reduce the number of cooks needed.
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Europe
Switzerland
Germany
Ernest Lanker
San Francisco
Red Knight
Superstitions About Love And Marriage
A nostalgic survey of wedding superstitions and love lore. The piece traces beliefs about horoscopes engagement rings bridal nerves on the wedding day and the symbolism of rings mirrors cats and cake the threshold and childbirth rites.
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Henry Goerger
Christian Science Monitor
Schrafft’s
Pennsylvania
Robert W. Clark
Bill
Frank
E. Armstrong
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Dulles International Airport
Marienne Wilson
Greaot
London
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