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Vintage Menus Show What It's Like 'To Live and Dine in L.A.'
A new anthology proves L.A.’s historic menus are also delicious cultural artifacts.
L.A.’s food scene today is hailed for an unmatched blending of international eats: Seekers of Korean beef tacos and horchata lattes need look no further.
But it wasn’t always that way. Since its big-city beginnings in the late 19 century, L.A. was long maligned as a “culinary backwater.” How did the city come to flourish as a hotbed of global deliciousness? Who dreamed the dream of L.A. cuisine, who’s been ordering it, and what does that say about the city’s evolution?