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Spaghetti dinner dispute ends with man leaping from window
Los Angeles Times recounts a 1953 fracas on South Union Street where 31 year old Howard S Johnson attempted to escape after a quarrel with Miss Ann Green. He leaped from a second floor window, was found on the sidewalk, and hospitalized with a broken leg. The piece also notes eight state produce sniffing dogs and high costs of stopping a new medfly establishment.
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Los Angeles Times
Howard S. Johnson
Ann Green
South Union Street
Miss Green
California Hospital
California Department of Food and Agriculture
University of California
Los Angeles Times cookbook hot list
The Times poll of national cookbook and independent booksellers ranks ten titles. Debates surround who earned the top spot with Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison leading, followed by titles from Patterson Wright, Kamman, Rogers and Gray, Burros Levine, Rombauer Becker Becker, Corridor, Jones, Reich, and Flay Schwartz.
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Los Angeles Times
Cookbook
Independent
Deborah Madison
Jennifer Patterson
Clarissa Dickson Wright
Madeleine Kamman
Cafe
Ruth Rogers
Rose Gray
Marian Burros
Lois Levine
Irma *S. Rombauer
Marion Rombauer Becker
Ethan Becker
Shirley O
Canyon Ranch
Jeanne Jones
Ruth Reich
Bobby Flay
Joan Schwartz
Mint the Herb of the Year and Its Many Uses
Mint, Mentha, named herb of the year by the International Herb Association, celebrates a long history from ancient tithes to mint juleps. The piece covers culinary uses from peas and jelly to teas, desserts, and sweets, plus household uses like potpourri and baths, with instructions for drying, brewing mint tea, mint jelly, and mint bath infusions.
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International Herb Association
Middle East
Thomas Jefferson
Simple Mint Syrup for Mint Juleps Base
Create mint syrup by steeping 1 cup fresh mint leaves in 2 cups boiling water for 20 minutes. Strain then add 1 cup sugar and boil 10 minutes until dissolved. Cool and refrigerate. Use as a base for Mint Juleps or to sweeten iced tea.
Tea Sandwiches With Cucumber And Mint
A simple prepared note describes mint mayonnaise as spread on bread then cucumber slices added between two bread slices. Cut into quarters and serve as elegant tea sandwiches.
Evolution of wine flavors and aging effects
A compact discussion of how wine flavors and aromas evolve with age. Varietal scent fingerprints, bottle aging changes, and the role of acidity tannins and tartrates are explained. Readers learn why finish length extends, what tartrate crystals are, and how to handle sediment and pouring to enjoy aged wines.
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