Personal Observations; Acknowledgments; 1. A Trip in a Dining Car; 2. Eating on the Road; 3. Building the Northern Pacific; 4. Henry Villard and the Dining Cars; 5. Across the Continent; 6. Hazen Titus and the Great Big Baked Potato; 7. Waiters and Unions; 8. Dining Car Line to the Pacific; 9. The End of the Dining Car Service; Notes; 10. Recipes; Index; Recipe Index
Summary
William A. McKenzie offers a lavishly illustrated and richly detailed account of hospitality on the Northern Pacific Railway. McKenzie includes authentic recipes used on the line, such as the Great Big Baked Potato and Washington Apple Pan Cake. Dining Car to the Pacific will be a treasured addition to the libraries of historians, cooks, and anyone with nostalgia for the dining car experience
Notes
Originally published as: Dining car line to the Pacific. St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1990
