Research Catalog

Title

Dining car to the Pacific : the "famously good" food of the Northern Pacific Railway / William A. McKenzie.

Author

McKenzie, William A., 1926-

Publication

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2004.

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Details

Description

xi, 164 p. : ill.; 22 x 28 cm.

Summary

"William A. McKenzie offers an illustrated and detailed account of hospitality on the Northern Pacific - a service that many considered the best in the industry - drawing on sources ranging from railroad records of the 1860s to anecdotal accounts from the people who were there. In addition, McKenzie includes more than 150 authentic recipes used on the line, such as the Great Big Baked Potato, Washington Apple Pan Cake, and Northern Pacific Fruit Cake. Dining Car to the Pacific will be a treasured addition to the libraries of historians, cooks, and any one with nostalgia for the dinning car experience."--Jacket.

Series Statement

The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series

Uniform Title

• Dining car line to the Pacific
• Project Muse UPCC books
• Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series.

Alternative Title

Dining car line to the Pacific

Subject

• Northern Pacific Railway Company
• Railroads > United States > Dining-car service

Note

• Originally published under title: Dining car line to the Pacific. St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1990.
• Includes indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

A trip in a dining car -- Eating on the road -- Building the Northern Pacific -- Henry Villard and the dining cars -- Across the continent -- Hazen Titus and the great big baked potato -- Waiters and unions -- Dining car line to the Pacific -- The end of the dining car service -- Recipes.

ISBN

0816645620 (pb : alk. paper)

LCCN

2004012750^^

OCLC

55616100

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library