Why (fancy) restaurant menus shrank

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"Menu Design in America," John Mariani and Steven Heller, 2011: https://bookshop.org/books/menu-desig...

2013 story about the woman who's dying wish was to eat at Olive Garden: https://www.41nbc.com/dying-macon-wom...

"The Invention of the Restaurant: Paris and Modern Gastronomic Culture, With a New Preface," Dr. Rebecca L. Spang, 2020: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.p...

More about Dr. Spang at Indiana University: https://history.indiana.edu/faculty_s...