Menu

In a restaurant a menu is the list of options for a diner to select. A menu may be a la carte or table d'h?te. The items that are available for the diner to choose from are broken down into various categorizes, depending on the time of day or the event. A breakfast menu usually has eggs, toast or fruits to help the diner have energy to start the day. Grain and protein are important as well. The lunch and dinner items are larger portions of food because one becomes hungrier later on in the day after using energy up.

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In Mary Douglas? article, ?Deciphering A Meal? the menu is very important because it is the basis of all society. Through picking items off of a menu, one can learn a lot about a person. If they choose meats or high protein food, it shows that they are very active and need to replenish their energy supply. On the other hand, if the items chosen are vegetables or dessert, one could conclude that the person is a vegetarian or they like large amounts of sugar. While this is not true all of the time it does give good insight into the lives or people by what they order.

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It is also possible to conclude social class, by what is ordered or what the menu is like. If the menu is fancier than one would assume that the people dinning there are higher class or wealthy. It is true if the menu is average looking; the people there probably are poorer and do not have as much money to spend on food.

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Restaurant: A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. The term covers a multiplicity of venues and a diversity of styles of cuisine....

A la carte: ? la carte (also a la carte), is a French phrase meaning "from the menu", and it is used in restaurant terminology in one of two ways:...

Breakfast: Breakfast is a meal preceding lunch or dinner and usually eaten in the morning. (Less frequently, the term breakfast may also be used by people that work evenings or late nights to refer to the first meal of the day, although it may not include the same ingredients as breakfast in the standard sens...

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Grand Diner Parisien Menu Displayed During the Siege of Paris 1870-71