Alexander Lawton Mackall
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Alexander Lawton Mackall (Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
, May 23, 1888 — West New Brighton, Staten Island
, New York
, 1968) was an author, journalist and gastronomy
expert and critic. He was the editor of several New York
magazines and the author of the renowned restaurant guide Knife and Fork in New York (1948), a precursor of the Zagat's Survey. He had a strong connection to the Portuguese culture, being made an official of the Ordem de Cristo, a Portuguese honorific order that distinguishes personalities in the field of culture. Through The Lawton Mackall Foundation, incorporated in New York, he instituted a monetary prize to be awarded to the best students of a selected set of high schools in Portugal
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Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Chestnut Hill is a neighborhood in the Northwest Philadelphia section of the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-Boundaries:Chestnut Hill is bounded as follows:...
, May 23, 1888 — West New Brighton, Staten Island
New Brighton, Staten Island
New Brighton, formerly an independent village, is today a neighborhood located on the North Shore of Staten Island in New York City, USA. The neighborhood comprises an older industrial and residential harbor front area along the Kill Van Kull west of St. George.The village of New Brighton was...
, New York
New York
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, 1968) was an author, journalist and gastronomy
Gastronomy
Gastronomy is the art or science of food eating. Also, it can be defined as the study of food and culture, with a particular focus on gourmet cuisine...
expert and critic. He was the editor of several New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
magazines and the author of the renowned restaurant guide Knife and Fork in New York (1948), a precursor of the Zagat's Survey. He had a strong connection to the Portuguese culture, being made an official of the Ordem de Cristo, a Portuguese honorific order that distinguishes personalities in the field of culture. Through The Lawton Mackall Foundation, incorporated in New York, he instituted a monetary prize to be awarded to the best students of a selected set of high schools in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
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Main works
- A Perfect Fool, Everybody’s Magazine, August 1925
- Bizarre (illustrated by Lauren Stout), Lieber & Lewis, New York, 1923.
- Black Jitney, The Century, March 1916
- Broadway’s Poet Laureate, Everybody’s Magazine, Janeiro 1926
- Clair de Loony, Zest, Janeiro 1927
- Hum and Grow Rich, Colliers, June 20, 1925
- Knife and Fork in New York, Doubleday, New York, 1949;
- Light Breakfast, The Century, April 1916
- Poodle Oodle of Doodle Farm (with Ruth Mackall);
- Portugal for Two, 1931;
- Scrambled Eggs, Stewart & Kidd Company, Cincinnati, 1920;
- Scrambled Eggs, The Smart Set, June 1915
- The Creeping Fingers, The Century, October 1915
- The Man with the Hose, The Century, September 1915
- The Night of the Fleece, The Century, August 1915
- The Restaurateur's Handbook (with Charles A. Faissole), 1938.