What's on the Menu? (New York Public Library)

Help transcribe The New York Public Library's historical menu collection! Feeling hungry? Questions? Comments? Want to stay in touch as the project develops?

With approximately 40,000 menus dating from the 1840s to the present, The New York Public Library’s restaurant menu collection is one of the largest in the world, used by historians, chefs, novelists and everyday food enthusiasts. Trouble is, the menus are very difficult to search for the greatest treasures they contain: specific information about dishes, prices, the organization of meals, and all  ...