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The Menu Design in America book explores the intersection of gastronomy and graphic design through a curated collection of American menus spanning the mid-19th century to the 1980s. Featuring some 800 designs, it traces the evolution of dining culture alongside shifting visual styles and printing techniques. Its breadth of historical material offers a detailed record of how restaurants communicated with diners across more than a century of change.
Gastronomy meets graphics, in this irresistible collection of American menus from the mid-19th century to the 1980s. Not only an excellent insight into our evolving eating habits, this lineup of some 800 designs also serves as a history of graphic styles, designed to entice, excite, and titillate our palates over the years.
