... by HELEN BURKE DELICATESSEN, SAYS MY DICTION ary, means confectionery, sweets, but I never translated it like that. To me it meant various salads, roll mops and other herrings, gherkins and many (chiefly German) sausages. But a delicatessen shop or department now sells many other foods, and at the recent Delicatessen Exhibition in London (the first of its kind), it was pleasing to see so ...

... by JOHN BAKER WHITE C.S. Closed Sundays W.B. Wise to book a table Chez Luba, 116 Draycott Avenue, Chelsea, (ken 6523.) C.S. Five years ago this restaurant and its owner Niki Wisniewski were un known. Today both are inter nationally famous and at least half of Niki's customers come from abroad. It is the only restaurant in London specializing in Russian cooking, and has a special and amusing ...

... by JOHN BAKER WHITE C.S. Closed Sundays W. 13. Wise to book a table Waldorf Restaurant, Aldwych. (TEM 2400.) Restaurant C.S. Grillroom open Sundays. The restaurant of the Waldorf Hotel was a favourite place for business lunches years ago. Today it is making a come-back under new direction, serving the sort of straight-forward food that goes well with a working day, including a Stilton on the ...

... BY GORDON WILKINS WINTER ARRIVES, AND WITH IT THE familiar headline: Snow Brings Traffic Chaos. Bad enough if remote mountain roads are closed by snow, but on Britain's lowland roads, carrying the heaviest traffic in the world, such headlines are a poor advertisement for our ability to get things done. We now have a number of fast modern Swiss rotary ploughs which can travel to trouble spots ...

... Douglas Sutherland ONE OF THE FICTIONS OF LONDON night life is that there occur from time to time club owners who have a heart of gold beating beneath the flinty exterior they present to the world. Probably the first of these angels in disguise was the famous Ma Merrick at the 43 Club. IIow many times have we been told the story of how she would charge the bill of some impoverished but blue- ...

... Helen Burke THERE ARE TWO DISTINCT WAYS OF preparing and serving a meal. Both are good. For the first, there is a cook in the kitchen and a parlour maid in the dining-room. For the second, the dishes are so well planned that the hostess-cook can serve everything from an electric Warmer. With a cook available, one is almost certain to be served a traditional dinner such as I enjoyed recently in ...

... C.S. Closed Sundays. W.B. Wise to book a table Trocadero Grill, Piccadilly Circus, (GER 6920.) It has been con sistently good as long as I have known it-- for 35 years. Always full, but never overcrowded, and the service is outstanding. One of the best curries in London is on the menu every day except Sunday. There are several other specialities in a big menu. Music at lunch- time and dancing ...

... by HELEN BURKE MOST PEOPLE AGREE ABOUT THE need for a good breakfast to start the day right. It is a matter of personal temperament, perhaps, but there is no doubt that a decent meal first thing is a good founda tion. The best argument for it is that since the last main meal was probably eaten round seven or eight o'clock the previous evening, it seems a little long to have to wait until, ...

... by JOHN BAKER WHITE C.S. Closed Sundays W.B. Wise to book a table The Dorchester, Park Lane, (ma 8888). Restaurant C.S. Grill roon open Sundays. Many international^ famous hotels are content to res on their past reputations, but th Dorchester moves with the time and public taste. The grill rooi: menu includes seven different oyst ...

... by Douglas Sutherland THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION OVER the definition of night clubs and rights of admission to them. The questions bear special point at the moment because so many members- only clubs now advertise their attractions in the Press in a way that suggests that non-members are welcome. A short tour of some of London's older clubs makes it clear that such is not the ease. Strictly ...

... by Fred Player I HAD not realised the complications arising from the use of modern farm machinery until I heard of Ken's experience with the anhydrous ammonia injector. You know what Ken is like! Initiative is his middle name. There he was in the middle of this ley pumping the stuff in, when he had one of his more progressive thoughts. There's the fence at the bottom of my garden, he thought ...

... It is 25 years since Osbert Lancaster first started producing pocket cartoons for the Daily Express. Since 1939, with a short pause during the war (he was attached to our Embassy in Athens in 1944 for two years) Mr. Lancaster has walked into the black glass and glitter Express building every afternoon round about 3.30. He sits in the middle of a sea of desks awash with typewriters, telephones, ...