Digesting Food Studies—Episode 118: Reading Menus as History
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What’s on the menu? A lot, it turns out, and we’re not just talking about hors d’oeuvres and tasting combos. From gravy stains to hand-written notes, menus are an important source of information about cultural histories, social patterns, and human migration.

This episode considers menus as historical records. Alexia Moyer shares excerpts of meal planning from Northern Cookbook, and guest Koby Song-Nichols explains his 4-part methodology for menu analysis, discussed in “Can Historians Order off the Menu?” from Canadian Food Studies. (https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v11i2.682).

And, serving up a scoopful of DFS afters, Anson Hunt weighs in with his perspective on Koby’s article and the ways that menus bridge conversations between front, back, and middle of house.

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Menus don’t need the 7±2 rule · “Be suspicious of magical UX laws.” https://ilo.im/16b7ms

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When I went to the IHOP website some time last year, the menu was fully accessible. Then, they changed it, and I had to use an old version from the Way Back Machine. Now, I went to the modern site again, and they are still inaccessible. After searching several sites, I finally found one that had the pdf. But I would need to open my Windows 7 virtual machine, open Openbook (ocr scanning software), load the pdf, convert it, and only then could I start reading the actual menu. Of course, I would also need to use the find command to get to the various sections, since it's not html and I can't just click on a link or go to the various headings, so that would take more time (usually, the last doesn't bother me, but it just adds more inconvenience here). So I just settled for a sampler, because my parents don't have all day to either read the menu and have me choose, or sit and wait for me to do all of the above. This whole thing took only a few minutes when the actual site was accessible. Am I missing something here, perhaps with using NVDA?

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Disney Releases Preview of the 2026 Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival Menu

In a red carpet awards-style video, Disney has released a preview of the 2026 Disney California Adventure Food & W…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2528122/disney-releases-preview-of-the-2026-disney-california-adventure-food-wine-festival-menu/

Disney Releases Preview of the 2026 Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival Menu

In a red carpet awards-style video, Disney has released a preview of the 2026 Disney Califo…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #CaliforniaWine #california #californiawine #DisneyCaliforniaAdventureFood&Wine #DisneyCaliforniaAdventureFoodandWineFestival2026 #menu #menus #preview #Wine
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2528122/disney-releases-preview-of-the-2026-disney-california-adventure-food-wine-festival-menu/

Papa Johns’ Pan Pizza upgrade took several years to perfect

Papa Johns Pan Pizza has a crispy, caramelized crust topped with six cheeses. | Photo courtesy of Papa Johns Papa Johns new and improved Pan Pizza launched Thursday, a makeover that went through many iterations to perfect.   “…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2492953/papa-johns-pan-pizza-upgrade-took-several-years-to-perfect/

Enero Vegano, conocido como @veganuary, llegó con #fuerza en 2026. La campaña invita a probar la #alimentación plant-based durante el primer #mes del año. Grandes marcas y #restaurantes se sumaron con #menús especiales, lanzamientos y atractivas promociones

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