There's more to restaurant menu design than hidden marketing tricks--or at least, there used to be. A book due out in September from the design-centric publishing house TASCHEN will feature nearly 800 ...

A menu is so many things: calling card, salesman, a fantastical story that takes you on a culinary journey around the world. On second glance, however, you may notice that restaurant menus are not as ...

A study employing hypothetical restaurant menus suggests that climate-friendly default options and labels indicating the carbon footprint of each dish may influence diners’ dish selections and the ...

Walk into any pizza shop and an aroma of dough, sauce and cheese will waft throughout the building. Pizza shops have the advantage of giving off a good first impression through smell but when that ...

Menu engineering is both an art and a science, but it’s the science part that usually trips up most restaurant operators. Here’s how to gather the right data so the science of designing optimized ...

When you go to a restaurant, you likely don't think of a menu as an advertising tool — it has all the necessary information. But it turns out menus are as much of an ad for expensive items as anything ...

Figuring out the right meal to eat when dining out can feel like a herculean task. Is it healthy? Is the price worth the amount of food? Should I risk trying something new or stick with my usual go-to ...

Cristina Stewart receives funding from the Wellcome Trust. Rachel Pechey receives funding from the Wellcome Trust. More people cutting back on meat would be good news for the planet, but humans have ...

Given the chance, I will opt for a children’s menu at any restaurant — not for the cheaper prices (I order off the regular menu), but for the coloring pages it contains. There’s something both calming ...

Whenever we think of going out, pizza is the first dish that comes to mind. A comforting and doughy base topped with oodles of cheese, slices of meat and even crunchy vegetables makes for the perfect ...