Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-19
Dieting Il Rage

In the Paris phone book.
Dieting II Rage
Since news of President Eli
senhower's diet leaked out.
dieting has become as popular
with men here as 1t always is
with women, but no one knows
the ingredients Of the presi-
Dental regime. There Is in
Paris, however, one man who
knows something Of Eisen-
hower's culinary tastes Before
becoming head chef at the
Hotel George v, Eugene Lerch
was chef at the Hotel Trianon
In Versailles. Those were the
days when the Eisenhowers
lived there while the general
set up SHAPE. Lerch says the
Eisenhowers' meals were ex-
tremely simple when they
dined alone, but when guests
were due the general urged
Lerch to Guido himself. He
wanted the most "raftine ct
recherche" menu possible. OF
course. this is the secret Of q
true gourmet who selects both
food and moment with care
and appreciation. He is often
q light eater but food must
be perfect and not a morsel
slips by unnoticed. He saves
his digestive system for the
best and knows when to stop.
The gourmand stuffs all the
time: he's no better or worse
than the unimaginative and
picky eater who never ever
cares or dares to venture into
the refinements Of cooking.
To obtain the best results.
the French believe that with
food, as well as with fashion,
one must suffer. Opening cans
and defreezing packages is far
too easy. utterly scornful to
them. Even marketing must
involve the maximum number
Of stops or even separate trips:
80 here it was surprising to
find everything for a stew. ex-
cept the meat, assembled and
attractively presented in one
package. When the French f.
nally deicde to do a thing,
they 60 about. In addition to
carrots, leeks. turnips, onions.
salt and pepper, the sack
contained parsley. thyme and
bay leaf.
Mixes In Italy
In Italy cake mixes are
appearing on the market. So
far they have only the top
three italian favorites which
wouldn't be yours exactly, plum
cake. Torta Margherita and
Pasta Frolla.
Last September's 15-year-
old bride, Princess Ira Fur
stenburg Won Hohenlohe. is
about to return to Mexico with
her bridegroom. She'll settle
down as a housewife, not an
ordinary housewife. granted,
but at least the official honey
moon is drawing to an end In
Venice. In Cortina for the
Olympics, they stayed in her
mothers 40-room chalet. They
were prepared to help out with
the hotel room shortage but
the town had rooms to spare
because so many people, hear
ing accommodations would be
impossible to get, just stayed
away. Il know lots of people, q"
says Ira, who'd love to have
come except for all the restric-
tons can't walk here
can't ski there" Prince Al
phonso, who is not Italian,
added: Everything was over
organized; the Italians are in
clined to do that" Return
ing Olympic officials have been
airing their perennial COM
plant about too many mamas
especially skating mamas
worse than the movie variety
apparently. Only one lont
competitor, an English girl
was without hers. -.
Weather Notes
The English are UP to theil
yearly wall about the way theil
houses are built. For some un.
known reason the builders al.
ways put the pipes outside 81
annually they freeze and an.
nually they crack. Stubbornly
the building trade refuses II
doubt the first line Of the ma
tional geography book. /
reads: England Is a countr,
in the temperate zone.
Nothing. at this season, makes
an Englishman laugh SO hard
:. Until the first minutes o
February Paris had had NJ
winter at all then, in a themo