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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKenzie, William A., 1926-

Series:

Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series.

The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series

Standardized Title:

Dining car line to the Pacific

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railroads--United States--Dining-car service.

Railroads.

Northern Pacific Railway Company.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 164 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First University of Minnesota Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

William A. McKenzie offers a lavishly illustrated and richly detailed account of hospitality on the Northern Pacific Railway. McKenzie includes authentic recipes used on the line, such as the Great Big Baked Potato and Washington Apple Pan Cake. Dining Car to the Pacific will be a treasured addition to the libraries of historians, cooks, and anyone with nostalgia for the dining car experience.

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.

Notes:

Originally published as: Dining car line to the Pacific. St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1990.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9721-3

OCLC:

476096640