Lunch

150 years ago, lunch as we know it was invented in New York City. That’s what a new exhibit at the New York Public Library claims, anyway. The exhibit runs through February 17, 2013 but the online exhibit is pretty tasty, too, with more choices than a Horn & Hardart Automat.

More:

“Lunch: An Urban Invention,” Nicola Twilley, Edible Geography

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