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dining on the b & o recipes and sidelights from a bygone age
p passengers who dined on the baltimore and ohio during the heyday of american railroading received five star service white tablecloths china and silver ; food cooked from scratch ; and the undivided attention of skilled waiters . the b & os cuisine won wide acclaim as the finest railway food in the country . passengers enjoyed it as the slightly swaying dining car clicked along over the rails . p captivated by the romance of the subject thomas j. greco and karl d. spence combine many of the b & os best recipes with historical photos to capture the elegance and charm of the dining car experience . p greco and spence made a quest of uncovering the original sources of these recipes revisiting americas first institutional cookbook the culinary handbook by charles fellows and researching the b & os own specialty collections of the 1940s and 1950s the old standard b & o recipes whats cooking on the b & o and b & o chefs notes . along with the original recipes and modern interpretations they supply captivating photographs of the dining cars patrons and staff ; commentary describing the technical aspects of cooking on a moving train ; examples of service notes used by chefs stewards and waiters ; and a glossary of cooking terms . p with dining on the b & o greco and spence preserve for future generations the singular experience of dining in high style on this iconic railway . the recipes collected here invite readers to prepare the dishes enjoyed by thousands of rail passengers in years gone by . just open the book and start cooking the b & o way