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Thanksgiving
"a la carte" |
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An
exhibit
celebrating the
100-year-old
tradition of
dining out at
Thanksgiving! |
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by Peggy M. Baker,
Director & Librarian, Pilgrim Society.
An exhibit sponsored by the John Carver Inn and Hearth 'n Kettle
Restaurants, November-December 1998. |
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From the elegant menus
and haute cuisine of the gilded age hotel restaurant to the more
"American" or homestyle cooking of the modern family restaurant, Thanksgiving
menus tell the social history of Americans’ changing dining habits and their
celebrations of Thanksgiving.
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Some menus fill us with
nostalgia for a splendid and leisurely time that can never be recaptured. Others
give us ideas for our own Thanksgiving menus. Some of the menus are memorable for
their art as much as their food, with styles ranging from high Victorian Eastlake through
Art Nouveau to the modern. All of these widely varied menus can inspire us with
their sheer exuberant love of life, food and the Thanksgiving holiday. |
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