Evening star., 1954-10-12
By Violet Foulkner
Feed Editor Of The Star

NEW YORK.-The revival Of
the coffee house was the theme
set for the afternoon meeting
given by the Nestle Co. Coffee
houses are the current rage in
this town. Every one is talking
about them. Some are little
hooks. some are big barns but
one and all they are open from
4 pm. to 2 am. with the peak Of
interest from 10 in the evening
to midnight.
At the Nestle party we had an
opportunity to taste and compare
coffee as served in eight different
countries. Also to stroll around
and see the exotic table settings.
of the country from which the
coffee custom came.
Our favorites were the cafe:
eacao from Brazil. la shake Fran
caise. an iced drink favored with
white creme de menthe. and a
coffee and cocoa combination
called gold coast gaiety which
originated in Africa where both
these products are important
crops. This beverage was dis
played in a table setting of zebra
striped cups and saucers. char
coal-colored coffee and cocoa
jugs, and b "a m b o = handled
spoons on a brown linen cloth.
The floral piece was fashioned of
bird Of paradise flowers, tall,
dried seed pods. caladium leaves
and dried castor bean leaf. Dra-
matte and effective!
To make the drink, combine in
each of two 9-ounce coffee mugs
/ tablespoon NeScafe and 3 table
spoons Nestles everready sweet
milk cocoa and / cup boiling
water. Top with whipped cream.
We would have liked to visit
some of the coffee houses around
New York. but our schedule was
too full. There was never min
ute to sneak away and track one
down.
New Soup Mix
A brand new soup mix was in
troduced at the dinner hosted
by the Upton Company. In fact,
1t was our first course. This is
the latest addition to their soup
mix family. which includes
chicken noodle, tomato vegetable
and onion.
Dinner was served in an Orien-
tai setting and invitations in
vited us to the "Tea House of
the Waldorf Moon" Menus were
printed on scrolls of rice paper;
the facades of tea houses had
been installed behind the
speakers table and at either end
of the moon roof" balloons hung
from the ceiling and huge trees"
of magnolia leaves were decor
ated with artificial camelias and
gardenias.
Dinner was a combination of
the East and the West, ending
with an ice in which tea had
been used for the liquid.
Sandwich Meals
Food editors ordered their own
sandwiches at the Best Foods
luncheon earlier this week. Dur
ing the soup course we had time
to choose from several types of
sandwiches that carried such
name tags as "a Good Steer:
la Femme: Neptune" and
"Tomboy." Most popular, &C.
cording to a vote taken after the
meal. was the one labeled "a
good steer" 1t consisted of thin
slices of London broil (broiled
flank steak) with a hot sauce of
olives and mushrooms, the whole
served on a toasted hamburger
bun.
The Frito Company also
turned the tables from the GUS
tomary exclusive cuisine of the
Waldorf and served food editors
hot dogs and hamburgers as the
main course at luncheon one day
during the food conference.
These old time favorites had
been dressed up. with a frito
stuffing in the case of the ham,
burgers and a chilli sauce with
crumbled fritos over the dogs"
Carrying out the carnival theme.
dessert was ice cream clowns
with caramel crunchies rolled in
the crushed corn chips.
John r. McCarty, director Of
advertising and public relations.
presented food editors with first
copies Of the company's two
newly published booklets. DAISY