I AM WRITING this in London after a tempestuous moving and fantastic fortnight spent in going to and from America on the Queen Mary’s maiden voyage, sleeping two nights on a train, two nights in New York, dining in Montreal, lunching in Ottawa, and being back home in exactly a fortnight.By Beverley Baxter8 min
THEY MAY be called "short" because it takes so little time to make them. Or it may he becaiNt they disappear so quickly. Whatever the reason—and it doesn’t matter anyway —there is no doubt that shortcakes in all their variety are among the most elegant and delicious of desserts.By HELEN G. CAMPBELL8 min
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