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Fight Fiercely, Harvard The 450 guests of the glittery Americana Hotel in suburban Miami sat down for a lunch of roast beef, string beans saut�e with mushrooms, fondant of potatoes, salad, petits-fours and coffee.

From Time Magazine Archive

The dessert consists of the small cold sweets, such as eclairs, fancy cakes called petits-fours, confectionery, candied fruits, nuts, individual moulded jellies, ices and creams, glaces and cafe noir.

From Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions by Pierce, Paul