The Breakfast Autocrat, 1950s New York Kitchen Towel Chips While one drives the fire

While one drives the fire engine

"The Pig" remained open until 1979

the way Americans used to cook abalone seemed a little like marinating a nice porterhouse in paint

The name "Birdland" was chosen to capitalize on the popularity of their regular headliner Charlie "Yardbird" Parker

The Breakfast Autocrat, 1950s New York Kitchen Towel Chips While one drives the fireThe Autocrat of the Breakfast Table is a collection of essays written by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1857 and 1858. They take the form of a one sided dialogue between the author and other residents of a New England Boarding House. This lovely literary nod by the 2,500 room Hotel New Yorker for its breakfast menu shows that the management knew their clientele very well indeed. The 1940s and 1950s saw