Monday, April 16, 2012

Titanic meal

  • HOUSTON -- Crystal tinkles as women clad in dinner best bow their heads over champagne glasses, listening attentively to the captains evening address. The Armagnac they sip is circa 1900.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • The 100-year anniversary of the Titanic sinking has captivated China, with diners spending freely to recreate the gastronomic feasts that were served on board, and millions flocking to see the new 3D version of James Cameron's film.
  • (Wall Street Journal)
  • FALMOUTH — Often assumed to dine on small, bland meals in cramped cabins, the steerage passengers of the RMS Titanic may not have had it so bad.
  • (Cape Cod Times)
  • The evening meal (in steerage) was a sort of tea, said Hugh Brewster, author of the new book Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanics First-Class Passengers and Their World. Dinner was served as lunch in third-class -- a class difference.
  • (Buffalo News)
  • Before the iceberg, before the lifeboats, before the sinking, there was the dinner. On the evening of April 14, 1912, the first-class passengers aboard the Titanic sat down for a sumptuous 10-course meal.
  • (NPR News)
  • The sinking of Titanic 100 years ago captured the world's interest west on Main Street to the home of family friend John J. Daly for a celebratory meal. As they visited the Dalys, the Johnsons received many callers.
  • (Arlington Heights Daily Herald)
  • Juanita Kopan, center, and her husband Greg Kopan sit down to nine course meal.
  • (Toledo Blade)
  • He noted the ship's casino has been mostly empty, with cruise-goers instead partaking in Titanic-related lectures. "This cruise wasn't play. This was serious business," Lawrence said. "There have been great lectures.
  • (Abington Mariner)
  • Two different events were held honoring the memory of the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic. "When I see all the other of the Bartolotta Group said as they served a 10 course meal.
  • (FOX6Now.com Milwaukee)
  • There also will be several special events, including a "Love Boat"-themed singles mixer and a dinner featuring the last meal served on Titanic. "There will be a few adults-only events and some family-type ones," Wissing said.
  • (News-Star)

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