Bess Truman had some more ladies in to the White Housethis time right into the kitchen. Out went the servants, and into aprons went the First Lady and friends. Occasion: luncheon for 70 students of the First Lady's Spanish teacher, who major-dominated the cooking. Climactic dish: picadillo.*
General Dwight D. Eisenhower's old Army cook asked his old boss to be taken back, got a "come-ahead" by wire. Complained the cook, lately a Chicago hotel chef: "You just can't get the stuff to cook with these days."
Trygve Lie and fellow U.N. delegates went out to...
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