"Mountain yam, caramelized white chocolate, popcorn, coconut." That's an actual restaurant dessert documented by Dr. Alison Pearlman in her book, "May We Suggest: Restaurant Menus and the Art of Persuasion." Check her out on the podcast, and check out her book: https://www.agatepublishing.com/9781572842601/may-we-suggest/

Also on this episode of the pod, some more oddities from the book of 19th- and early-20th century menus I've been obsessing over, such as "diced buttered toast in cream."

00:00 Introduction

02:20 Dr. Pearlman on the how menus persuade

29:38 More oddities from historic menus

44:17 Failure of the week: the jammy egg