Restaurant menus and the art of persuasion (E11)
The Adam Ragusea Podcast · Adam Ragusea
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Show Notes
"Mountain yam, caramelized white chocolate, popcorn, coconut." That's an actual restaurant dessert documented by Dr. Alison Pearlman in her book, "May We Suggest: Restaurant Menus and the Art of Persuasion." Check her out on the podcast, and check out her book: https://www.agatepublishing.com/9781572842601/may-we-suggest/
Also on this episode of the pod, some more oddities from the book of 19th- and early-20th century menus I've been obsessing over, such as "diced buttered toast in cream."
00:00 Introduction
02:20 Dr. Pearlman on the how menus persuade
29:38 More oddities from historic menus
44:17 Failure of the week: the jammy egg