Gluhwein - Hot Mulled Wine Recipe

Glühwein (Hot Mulled Wine) Around the Christmas season, public houses in nearly every European town offer mulled wine as a delicious antidote to the season’s chill. To warm up on a stormy evening or put yourself in a celebratory mood, you can make your own glühwein at home. Or, visit Europe on one of our late-fall Rhine or Danube cruises for an unforgettable holiday season experience. Ingredients: Four quarts dry red wine (e.g., zinfandel, pinot, burgundy) One quart dry white wine One pint brandy One cup white sugar (more to taste) Six cinnamon sticks Twelve whole cloves One-eighth teaspoon allspice One-eighth teaspoon mace Two oranges One lemon Directions: Pour red wine into a three-gallon pot (or larger) and begin gentle heating. Add sugar and spices. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Add brandy and white wine, slices of one orange and the lemon. Steep for one hour over low heat. Serve hot and garnish with orange slices or a cinnamon stick. Makes 12–15 servings. From Viking River Cruises - contact us to book your Viking River Vacation

Princess Cruises 1971 Princesses on the menu

purchase this menu...from a collection of 1971 menus on the Italia's Alaska route. The dinner menus depicted portraits of Princesses on them. This is from July 17, 1971, and features a portrait of Princess Mathilde Bonaparte on the front.

Dinner did have some items we just don't see any more....Roast Capon on the Skewer, Veal Sweetbreads, Smoked Ox Tongue... 

QE2 Queen Elizabeth 2 Lunch Menu

This is a menu from a visitor's luncheon in Los Angeles in 1997. Cunard's Queen Elizabeth 2, aka QE2. Nice detail with the gold cord attached.

Canadian Pacific S.S. Princess Alice 1930

Purchase this menu

Menu from Commander's Dinner and Carnival night on the S.S. Princess Alice. signed by the Chief Engineer Aug. 21, 1930.

Cunard White Star R.M.S. Queen Mary 1950 Dinner Menu

Purchase this menuThe cover is by Stanley Jezzard and features an English waterfront scene. The menu is for Dinner on the R.M.S. Queen Mary, Monday, January 23, 1950, in Cabin Class. There are some items on the menu that you just don't see on a menu these days: Creme St. Louis, Jugged hare a l'Anglaise (sounds awful), and Congress Pudding for dessert.

Olympic Dining Room - Celebrity Millennium

This is a "hand-out" menu from the "Millie," Celebrity Cruise Lines Millennium. The Olympic Dining Room is a specialty restaurant, where there is a $35 service fee. The walls of the dining room are lined with original panels from White Star's Olympic, a sister ship to the Titanic.

The story goes that when the Olympic was scrapped, the panels were purchased and installed in a country estate in England. Celebrity Cruise Line bought the estate when it came up for sale, took out these panels, and then resold the estate. The panels were installed in this dining room. Well worth it.

The Warm Goat Cheese Souffle is worth a visit alone....