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What do America’s earliest restaurant menus teach us...

Kottke 22 July 2026 2h ago
What do America’s earliest restaurant menus teach us...
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What do America’s earliest restaurant menus teach us about America? “A menu describes what a restaurant serves — but a menu also describes who is being served. They reflect the class, gender, political, technological, and environmental shifts of history.”
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