Lindt Swiss Chocolate returns to America, the first shipment here since before the war. Back in a variety of kinds: semisweet milk, extra bitter, chocolate with marrons, with hazelnuts, with mocha.

We found Ruth Tao Kim Hai, an American woman, through her husband, Andre M. Tao Kim Hai, a Vietnamese writer who'd done a few stories for us in the '40s.

Easter ahead. Everything points to it. The winds soft; the roots are stirring. Plan now to bring the golden foods to the table.

M is for monastic … and for what happens when men become monks—at table, I hasten to add!

Rain or shine, spring's in the bones. Undeniable evidence at Ye Olde Herb Shoppe, 46 Dey Street, New York. Here are spring tonics for sale, the old-fashioned kinds made of bark, seed, and berry to turn into teas to quicken the blood....

Bring on the ham, a ham super-elegant, pearly pink the meat, and richly perfect in the mouth, with the taste of the smoke in each juicy fiber.

Featuring the Brussels, Café Tokay, and the Rajah.

Hit the jack pot of all things good—the Jack Pot Beans, a product of Hitching Post Foods, Inc., Savannah, Georgia. These beans are the big, mealy limas, cooked Southern style with brown sugar.

To win a ＄50 bet, Melanie Bouchelle McCarthy, an Evanston, Illinois house-wife, baked an old-fashioned English fruitcake.