Show f 1 r Walter Waiter Winchell j New Day Dawns for Society of Amateur Chefs r Skillet Slingers Stingers Shift From Fun I to Science During Dunne the month of August while Mr l Is b on ona a vacation vaca- vaca a- a tion his column will rill be conducted conduct conduct- ed by guest columnists By BEN ill Ll BUTLER President the Society of Amateur Chefs i To uTa hell with the calories That's what we used to say say we wo woof of the Society of Amateur Chefs But Dut not any more A new v day has dawned Weve We've jumped aboard the governments government's defense chow wagon with a militant mill mill- tant and meaningful slogan Preparedness Preparedness Preparedness Pre Begins in the Pantry Yes sir weve we've enlisted for the duration in the nations nation's nutrition program r gram Tonight August 12 we m meet t ln fn the Aviation Terrace Dining Room LaGuardia Airport for lor our first truly balanced meal Weve We've invited Mayor LaGuardia the Defense Defense Defense De De- De- De head several nutrition experts experts experts ex ex- from Irom Washington and a galaxy galaxy galaxy gal gal- axy of ot home economist gals The dinner will wUl be entirely of our own concoction carefully worked out for lor highest nutritive value under under under un un- un- un der the guidance of a well-known well food authority and gourmet Made up of men only whose hobby hobby hobby hob hob- by is cooking for fun gourmets fun gourmets like Robert Not or Ripley Christopher Morley Jack Dempsey Lowell Thomas Frank Buck Owen Davis Rube Goldberg Goldberg Goldberg Gold Gold- berg James Montgomery Flagg Shepard Barclay and others The others The The Society of Amateur Chefs has become beme become be be- come me one of ot Americas America's foremost food rood groups group A part has been found for us in the campaign to improve the national diet Were We're going to show that good eating can also be healthful eating Maybe you think we wont won't enjoy the Job Instead of ot dressing up in chefs' chefs caps ornamented with the society's coat of ot arms crossed arms crossed knife and fork fork and and Tony Sarg's amusing aprons just to amuse ourselves by trying our collective skill with skillet and casserole we will wUl from now on conduct our with a serious purpose Therell There'll be new difficulties too at the coming Cooks Night Out parties Imagine If you can WiIfred Wilfred Wil fred Ired Funks Funk's kettle technique in combination with Otto kitchen wizardry over the brew of an unabridged edition of alphabet soup rich in vitamin content Or give a thought to this nifty problem problem problem lem How shall we award cookIng cookIng cooking cook- cook Ing honors at future cooking quorums Rube Goldberg and Joe Cook are areat areat areat at work on the answer They're perfecting what they call a table applause Its It's as neat a gadget as Ive I've yet had explained to me I cant can't give you all aU the details but heres here's about the way it works There Ther is a phonograph device to record our tonal appreciation of the soup as we guzzle it Then theres there's a set of ot scales to weigh each plate of salad solad meat and dessert dessert dessert des des- sert before and after serving This tallies taUles off oU the poundage tucked away Finally a camera produces a complete pl picture ture of the part- part time chefs' chefs faces Indicating the degree of ot contentment accompanying accompany accompany- ing each course A midget keeps score with an umbrella a top hat and three billiard balls baUs The contraption is guaranteed to Insure fair lair gustatory decisions according to Mechanics Chef-Mechanics Goldberg Goldberg Goldberg Gold Gold- berg and Cook Burgess also says hes he's going to do something to cut down the dinner after-dinner gabbing that goes goeson on among us recipe swappers But I dont don't predict much success success success suc suc- cess in budgeting the table talk Try to muzzle a member about to expound some pet formula by which hell he'll swear He loves nothIng nothing nothing noth noth- ing so much as explaining it clear down to the last smidgen of pep pep- per Or in arguing the relative merits of clam chowder Maine style vs ys clam chowder of ot the Rhode Island variety and so forth and so on Possibly the society will get around to sampling the mint julep in all the ways it can be assem assem- bled This however will have nothing to do with our efforts efforts' to help show America how to diet its way to health t |