THE VEGETABLE COOK
Drawn by Sancha
A waiter sprang through the swinging door shouting his order. He never was forced to repeat it, so alert were the staff of cooks that they seemed to have been awaiting him.
“Un Chateaubriand aux pommes!” cries a garçon.
“Un Chateaubriand aux pommes!” corroborates a chief cook.
Instantly a man dodges out of the meat room, a second later the steak is sizzling over the fire, the vegetable cook stands ready with his potatoes, a fourth prepares the sauce, a fifth attends to the plates, and the sixth looks after the garnishing of the dish.
“I am glad you find it interesting,” said my host the chef, as he joined me for a moment’s rest.
I bowed my compliments.
“And is this the only kitchen for so large an establishment?” I ventured, in surprise.