The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-02-17
Dining 'R0uud the World In
Los Angeles
WYNONAH B. JOHNSON

There are those aesthetic souls VIII
are prone to record their adventures il
> various places bv such sights and sound
as thrilled their very souls
"Parls," they will breathe ecstatical
ly. "ah, my first glimpse Of the Arc d.
Triomphe and the Madeleine, ris
ing Whitley in the moonlight. ....
And London, with its wondrous historic
! appeal Westminster Abey yes,
and Japan! | will never forget Fujiya.
ma, with the sunset gliding it's snow y
crest!
But there are some and their name
is legion-average wholesome Ameri
can globe trotters who reminisce less
/ soultullv, but more brlskly.
"Paris? Yes, that's where we first
met FRnch cooking. Oh, boy, that
'poulet' smothered in 'champignons, ,
aud that crusty French bread! And
London? Say, did you ever taste real
English steak-and-kidney pudding, or
one OF those rounds Of roast beef they
know now t. cook to perfection? Well,
I'll never forget the funny eats We
tried in Japan-eel, you know and all
sorts of weird combinations of fish
with other things. ....." and SO on, till
the enyious audience is so hungry that
nothing but an immediate Ons siaughu on
the refrigerator will uphold its strength
and ability to hear more of the
travelogue.
Here n America certain cities make
as distinct culinary appeal as they have
architectural or natural characteristics.
When one mentions Boston, for in
stance, the mind leaps to the brown
bread ard appetizing baked beans
which one instinctively associates with
the HUBS history, and the name OF
New Orleans is apt to recall loving
memory of the Creole cookery viii III
has made the city famous. The clam
chowder of New England coasts, the
varied delights of New York culinary
experts, the Lady Baltimore. whose
praises have established Charleston
firmly on the maps of the epieure-
many and varied are the characteristic
dishes OF our vast country and of the
round world, and even in these en-
lightened and businessiike times, he
VINO has tasted spreads the good word
abroad, and many flock to prove.
For Cosmopolitan Tastes
Los Angeles is city Of such cosmo-
politan appeal that the tourist-nay
his tribe increase usually comes with
several definite ideas in mind as to
what he intends to do and see while
here. The movies, of course-how they
do it, and bird d's-eye glimpse of any
screen stars who may be roaming 'rounu
nrn
walnut ranch, or field Of carnations, |
perhaps; trip to Catalina, a run W
1T. i.owe-of course an eye full OF
Venice. and-er-asthi9g girla, and i
5ofiety 81 tourist who Wishes to enioy
RA the sensations coming tor his money
. small, safe sample OF your ordinary |
bef0rebreakfast baby earthquake.
He knows the land abounds with cafe |
terlas; he has a vague intention of |
taking in" the foreign quarters and
an unusual menu or two-but |
seldom does he realize the length ano
breadth and possibilities of the menu
procurable.
The gustatory trail lies in network
over the entire city, with many fasci-
dating and unexpected turns, twists
md supplementary by-ways. One may
be of almost any nationality in the un-
verse. and seek out his own dear,
native dish-by the aroma?-m some
corner of the city where others of his
persuasion have pitched their tents,
md coincidentally set up their cook
stoves. So popular is the demand for
certain national types of cooking that
many cafes, restaurants and '.parlOrs'
,ave been established in easily-foundl
quarters, where one may dine Ia mode
Is any country, and besides these, there |
re certain inviting and less weil-I
Inown cubby- holes, where the connois-
Ieur may eat his ecstatic fill in any
which he may desire. h