... _ All the Joys for Girls and Boys Every town-bred child needs, both physically and mentally, a complete change at least every few years a change of air, food and environment, a real break-away from traditional holiday habits. , the playground of Europe, is just he right choice for holidays for you and your family. Children receiveaspecial welcome; on Railways, Steamers and Alpine 'ostal ...

... by HELEN BURKE WITH SO MUCH activity for both mothers and daughters, for many weeks to come, the lightest possible meals can be a blessing. The less one strains digestion the better for it, and the figure as well. I would like to make some sug gestions for light meals. There will be the minimum of starches, but cream will not be absent, because cream is not necessarily fattening, any more than ...

... C.S. Closed Sundays. Albert, 53-55 Beak Street, W.1. (GER 1296.) C.S. Albert is Mr. Pessione who even grows special vegetables for his customers at home in Hertfordshire to comple ment his first-class Continental cuisine-- which he offers at very reasonable prices. Wines from the glass to the gallon. Boulestin, 25 Southampton St., W.C.2. (tem 7061.) C.S. Joseph Barnett does his best to ...

... YOU CAN COUNT ON THE WINE IIERE THE FOLL WING IS A SELECTION of restaurants that pay particular attention to their wine. C.S.= Closed Sundays 0.iS. Open Sundays Mirabelle, 56 Curzon St., W.l (gro 4636) C.S. Has some fabulous wines on a long list, such as Imperiales (equivalent to eight bottles) of Chateau Haut Brion 1908 at £34 each, or 1899 at £38. For something unusual in the Burgundies ...

... by HELEN BURKE IT WAS AN INSPIRATION OP GUY Prince's to choose six hams for his wine-tasting this year, to prove that mellow English hams go well with wine. He chose six kinds: York triple peat-smoked, Wiltshire treacle-cured, Worcester and Suffolk sugar-cured, Devon dry-cured and York unsmoked. Mild unsmoked York ham seems to be as popular in France as it is here, and goes with almost any ...

... BY SIRIOL HUGH-JONES IF POETS CAN WRITE PROSE AT ALL, they often write it with such an edge, speed, lift and grace as should put the professional prose-writers into the sulk; for months. Laurie Lee's Cider With Rosie, a book of memories of his childhood in the 20s in a Cotswold village, is so beautifully written that I read it at a gallop and in terror lest a page should sag, the delight and ...

... BY HELEN BURKE THE BEST OF ALL LABOUR-SAVING ways oi' cooking is en casserole. Not only does it do away with the need to dish up which was general only a few years ago, but it also minimizes washing up. It enables the young housewife with little storage space, no kitchen help, and perhaps little time, to bring to her dining-room presentable tableware in thick, heavy iron casseroles and oven ...

... BY HELEN BURKE BEFORE THE REAL BUSINESS OF preparing for Christmas begins, there is time to make the pudding and the cake and get them out of the way. These days many people buy their puddings and mince meat, but one is more than justified in making the pudding, at least. Mincemeat is another matter. Un less it is stored in an extremely cold place there is always the possibilitv that it will ...

... Where to spend Christmas away JOHN BAKER WHITE'S GOOD-EATING GUIDE IF YOU ARE GOING AWAY FOR Christmas, here are some suggested places at which to stay. Lincoln, Britain's equivalent of Carcassonne, has in the White Hart (Lincoln 20) one of the best hotels of any county town. A warm, comfortable house with good food, a newly-decorated dining room, and courteous staff, it stands in Bailgate, in ...

... JOHN BAKER WHITE'S GOOD-EATING GUIDE C.S. Closed Sundays W.B. Wise to book a table. Chez Auguste, 38 Old Compton Street, (GER 5952.) Not many restaurants in London provide Turkish cooking, but Chez Auguste does, with Turkish wines and coffee to go with it. On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evening there is Dӧner Kebab on the menu, and this is something special. Cooked on a vertical spit ...