Summertime Etiquette, with Babe Paley

​“Up at [her summer home on] Squam Lake, Babe took pains to have an abundance of local produce on hand, including corn picked just before it was tossed in the pot. Babe kept toothpicks at every place and challenged the guests to see how many ears of corn they could eat with just one pat of butter…. After the meal, Babe would say, ‘Okay, now everybody can pick their teeth.’ When a friend once asked, ‘How could you do that?’ Babe replied, ‘It’s better than having everybody sitting around talking to each other with corn between their teeth.’”

Sally Bedell Smith, In All His Glory: William S. Paley and the Birth of Modern Broadcasting

Corn on the Cob by Vic Vicini

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Image Credit: Vic Vicini