Question: Where in the world did the "Doggie Bag" come from?

Answer: In the beginning they came in a number of guises-including the plain white unlined variety, leaking meat juices. Others were decorated with pictures of poodles and thoughtfully lined with plastic. There are undoubtedly people out there who've never said the words, "Could I have a doggie bag?"- But their numbers are probably dwindling. At least 20 million people have walked out of just one family of restaurants, Lawry's the Prime Rib in Los Angeles, carrying a telltale bag whose contents is Lawry's. In fact, Lawry's claims to have been the first restaurant in the country to supply its customers with those little bags into which diners could stuff the last bits of their T-Bones and carry them home with dignity. To date, Lawry's - celebrating its 75th year in business - has passed out some 30 million doggie bags since the first one went out the door in the late 1940s. If the first doggie bags were plain paper affairs, they have improved considerably over the years. Some restaurants provide foil-lined bags, to save your car seats. Sorry Bowser the Doggie-Bag isn't really for you.