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Remembering the First 'Cold-Storage Banquet'
At the turn of the 20th century, the concept of a refrigerated feast was terrifying.
The setting was the Louis XVI room in Chicago’s Hotel Sherman, a “ luxurious meeting place for the elite ” that catered to swaggering politicians and mafiosi alike. There, under the cavernous, molded ceilings resplendent with gilt details, the mayor of Chicago, the city’s health commissioner, and other bigwig bureaucrats steeled their nerves for the world’s first-ever “cold-storage banquet.” That means the lactose in a cream-based soup will gradually turn to glucose, giving it a sweeter, rounder taste, while the fat-soluble spices in a curry will disperse and bloom.
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