Kircher's Kulinary Kolumn

Profound, verbose Rudolf Kircher, who as chief editorial writer of the German Frankfurter Zeitung has made many a Nazi concoction palatable for his readers, last week overstepped the mark. Wrote he of a recent trip to Greece: "As gastronomical matters still interest me, my first visit in Athens was not to the Acropolis but to the markets." There followed a lengthy essay on the excellence of Greek food.

Promptly came indignant letters: "After four years of war here is a man who cultivates gastronomy. This man ran around Athens from one market to another, tried fish, vegetables, meat, chose with a gourmand's expertness the best there was to buy . . . then hurried home to fill his big belly. . . . It is very displeasing. . . ."

Explained Kircher meekly: the typesetter erred; he wrote not of gastronomy but of astronomy. "The article dealt with prices in Athens, which are extremely high. . . . It is . . . not untrue to call them 'astronomical.'"

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