nypl:
“Preparing lunch in Imperial Airways liner “Scylla”
…Full-course meals are served at the appropriate times, and light refreshments are available at all times.”
Today’s flashback Friday takes a card from the Library’s interesting collection of cigarette cards from the Arents Cigarette Card collection - a nice reminder of air travel from days gone by.
Betty Crockers through the ages
For all of us who swooned with Bloom County’s Milo Bloom as he crushed on Betty Crocker, here’s a nice retrospective of the Betties of times gone by.
upmarket food
Modern British ‘Love Heart’ sweets. These sweets were first invented by the Victorians as tokens to swap at festive occasions like Christmas. They were made from sugarpaste, flavoured with things such as ginger, peppermint and rosewater and then stamped with pictures or phrases such as “Do you like me?” and “I do not”.