Pop Ernest Abalone and Seafood Restaurant, Monterey 1930s Trocadero This splendid 1930s menu cover

This splendid 1930s menu cover from The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles is from the collection of Craig Claiborne

scones and pastries were a fixture of British society –there was at least one in every major town

men began eating lighter meals like sandwiches and salads since it was less tempting to have a long lunch if the only drinks on offer were glasses of milk or cups of coffee

he created murals in Brooklyn

El Rancho burned down in 1960

Pop Ernest Abalone and Seafood Restaurant, Monterey 1930s Trocadero This splendid 1930s menu cover"Before Pop Ernest Doelter set up shop on Alvarado and, later, Fishermans Wharf in Monterey, the way Americans used to cook abalone seemed a little like marinating a nice porterhouse in paint. Theyd boil it into tastelessness or, worse, tenderize it with lye. Yes, lye. Not Pop. Circa 1908 a time when almost all of the local abalone was shipped to Japan he started taking the ample abalone pulled in by the areas Japanese fishermen, pounding it, washing