Henry Voigt, a menu collector and historian, will discuss some of his latest menu finds, including items related to Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman, in a talk organized by the Culinary Historians of New York. He will also explain what can be learned from studying old restaurant menus as historic records.
“The Hunt for Buried Menus: Digging Up Our Culinary Past,” June 5 at 6:30 p.m., Culinary Historians of New York, Anthroposophical Society of New York, 138 West 15th Street, tickets $22 for members and those over 65 by Wednesday, $25 after that date, $40 for nonmembers, $10 for students.
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