The Cook Book by “Oscar” of the Waldorf

Three thousand recipes from the maitre d'hotel of the Waldorf — the hotel kitchen that taught Gilded Age America how to dine, from beef tea to watermelon with champagne.

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Paste for Ornamenting Tartlets

Rub one ounce of butter into four ounces of flour. Mix it to a stiff paste with a little cold water, rub it well on the board until it begins to string, then cut it into four or five pieces and roll them out, draw it into fine strings, and lay them across the tartlets in any fancied pattern.

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