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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Vanilla Sugar

Cut up one pound of Mexican vanilla beans, place them in a mortar with one pound of loaf sugar, and pound them to a fine powder. Sift the sugar through a fine hairsieve, turn what is left in the sieve into the mortar, and pound again. When all is finely-powdered and sifted, put the sugar in bottles, and keep them tightly corked.

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