January 8

Happy birthday, Stephen Hawking! Frank Lloyd Wright was also born today, in 1867; and Wilkie Collins in 1824.
Here's a picture of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's famous houses, from http://www.wright-house.com/frank-lloyd-wright/fallingwater.html :


This is the day the Poetry Bookshop opened in London in 1913 where Robert Frost and Ezra Pound met each other.

The menu suggestion for a fancy dinner this week from 52 Sunday Dinners from 1913 is
Consomme with Egg Balls
Celery
Olives

Breaded Sea Bass with Sauce Tartare
Norwegian Potatoes (which include as seasonings anchovies, parsley, mustard, salt, pepper, nutmeg)
Stewed Tomatoes
Cabbage Relish served on Lettuce (basically slaw)

Lemon Meringue Pie
Cheese
Café Noir (they suggest percolating it and serving it in "hot after-dinner coffee cups, with or without cut loaf sugar")