“Eating healthy”

Restaurants (and their critics) have often shown concern with patrons’ health, but the focus of concern has varied widely in different eras.
In the 18th century the idea that restaurants had a mission to restore health came to this country from France. The legend spread that a Frenchman named Boulanger invented the first restaurant, hanging out [...]

Early vegetarian restaurants

As early as the 1830s in the U.S. the Graham Journal of Health and Longevity espoused a regimen called “Nature’s Bill of Fare” which advocated eating meatless meals which contained no more than three different articles of food and no desserts, condiments, or beverages other than water. Diners were to chew very thoroughly and eat [...]