Menu Design in Europe

The art of dining… more than 400 pages of memorable examples. * The Wall Street Journal *…la grande bouffe for the eye, inspirations for the mind and feasts of design history. * printmag.com *The sexy, sinister lost art of the restaurant menu… [Menu Design in Europe] celebrates the toothsome heyday of the European menu. Huge, gaudy and exquisite - they’re far from today’s limp offerings. * The Telegraph *Explore the vanishing art of menu design. * creativereview.co.uk *A feast for the eyes… * The Guardian *From an 1891 Parisian bistro to a 1945 Swedish Airlines banquet, Menu Design in Europe collates hundreds of menus to explore the continent’s visual and culinary history. * The Guardian *Within the pages of this book a record of a several centuries of gustatory elation is a reminder that this common object, once a key element to a meal, was elevated to an art form inspiring memories and culinary history. * Jim Heimann *

Steven Heller has produced over 200 books on visual communication and published countless articles in international design magazines. Currently he is cofounder and cochair of the MFA Design program at the School of Visual Arts, New York.

Jim Heimann is the Executive Editor for TASCHEN. A cultural anthropologist, historian, and an avid collector, he has authored numerous titles on architecture, pop culture, and the history of Los Angeles and Hollywood, including Surfing, Los Angeles. Portrait of a City, California Crazy, and the All-American Ads series.