Cunard Poodles, RMS Franconia, 1956 Vintage Menu Frank Rodeike's is a bit

Frank Rodeike's is a bit of a mystery

attracting royalty and other rich and powerful guests and diners

It quickly became a favorite of the theatre crowd

the restaurant chain opened the Vita Sun Café

Mock turtle soup using cheap cuts of meat such as calf’s head or calf’s foot was used to replicate turtle meat and was part of that day's hearty dinner and

Cunard Poodles, RMS Franconia, 1956 Vintage Menu Frank Rodeike's is a bitThese whimsical, adorable poodles illustrated a menu from one of the final voyages of the RMS Franconia, the second ship built for Cunard to carry the name. From her maiden voyage in 1923 until the war, Franconia spent the bulk of her time going between Liverpool and New York, while spending the off seasons on world cruises or in the Caribbean an enviable lifestyle. During World War Two she, like most cruise liners, was requisitioned for troop