"Caviar is to dining what a sable coat is to a girl in evening dress." Ludwig Bemelmans

You can customize this soup any way you like. For example, remove the peas and add celery, or even add only celery instead of peas and corn...

Potatoes, carrots and eggs can be cooked ahead of time.

During the Great Depression, meatloaf became one of the most popular dishes in America because it could stretch a small amount of meat to feed a whole family — and wrapping it in bacon later turned this humble, budget-friendly meal into a rich comfort-food classic.

If you eat the whole cake without cutting it, it turns out that you ate only one piece. :)