Another Wonderful Old Menu

The 1939 New York World's Fair was like Bourdain's food hall concept on speed- picture dozens of international food counters, each in a whimsical building more suited to the moon than an old ash dump in Queens. Here's Poland's:

And Italy's:

But I'm mainly here to show you this amazing menu from the Iraqi Pavillon's "Garden of Eden Cafe," which was part of the Hall of Nations. (Like yesterday's Chinese menu, this is from the NYPL's newly-digitized menu holdings.)

Every single dish here features dates, and almost every dish seems like something I'd like to eat.

If you're interested in further reading, Greg Morabito wrote this eye-opening piece about the food at the '39 New York World's Fair - and he includes a few more menus. For a surreal video, check out this archival footage of the grounds.