Profound, verbose Rudolf Kircher, who as chief editorial writer of the German Frankfurter Zeitung has made many a Nazi concoction palatable for his readers, last week overstepped the mark. Wrote he of a recent trip to Greece: "As gastronomical matters still interest me, my first visit in Athens was not to the Acropolis but to the markets." There followed a lengthy essay on the excellence of Greek food.
Promptly came indignant letters: "After four years of war here is a man who cultivates gastronomy. This man ran around Athens from one market to another, tried fish, vegetables, meat, chose with a...