Books

  • Franklin, Vincent P., and Alex Johnson. 2019. Menus that Made History: over 2000 Years of Menus from Ancient Egyptian food for the Afterlife to Elvis Presley's Wedding Breakfast. London: Kyle Books.

  • Heller, Steven, John Mariani, and Jim Heimann. 2011. Menu Design in America: A Visual and Culinary History of Graphic Styles and Design, 1850-1985. Köln: Taschen.

  • Mariani, John F. 1985. Eating Out: Fearless Dining in Ethnic Restaurants. New York: Quill.

  • Mariani, John F. 1991. America Eats Out: An Illustrated History of Restaurants, Taverns, Coffee shops, speakeasies, and other Establishments that have fed us for 350 years. New York: W. Worrow.

  • Mariani, John F. 1994. The Dictionary of American Food and Drink. New York: Hearst Books.

  • Naccarato, Peter, and Kathleen LeBesco. 2012. Culinary Capital. London: Berg.

  • Pearlman, Alison. 2018. May We Suggest: Restaurant Menus and the Art of Persuasion. Evanston: Agate Surrey

Articles

  • Booth, A. 2017. “Mid-Range Reading: Not a Manifesto”. PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 132 (3), 620-627. doi:10.1632/pmla.2017.132.3.620

Archival Collections

  • The New York Public Library Digital Collections. “The Buttolph Collection of Menus.” Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e5114e30-c52f-012f-993c-58d385a7bc34. Available Here

  • Boston University Gastronomy Program’s Culinary Library. “John Mariani Menu Collection.” Finding Aid.

  • University of Toronto Scarborough Library “Harley Spiller Menus Collection.” Available Here https://collections.digital.utsc.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/harleyspiller:collection.