# How to Make a Menu

URL: https://gastrophysics.brege.org/post/how-to-make-a-menu/
Published: 2022-12-18
Updated: 2022-12-18
Tags: menus, pesto, farmers-market, seasonal
Categories: culinary

A menu-template note for the Gastrophysics menu shortcode.

A menu page is a dated bundle with `type: menus`. The `menu` shortcode
wraps a short sequence of courses and uses the page date and site author
in the menu footer.
For a full menu page, you can also write plain Markdown in a page with
`type: menus` and let the layout render the card and footer.

```go-html-template
{{%/* menu */%}}

## Farmer's Market Menu

### Basil Pesto Pasta

linguini, zephyr squash, heirloom cherry tomatoes,
spinach, feta cheese, creamy pesto sauce

### Peach Crepes

blueberry whipped cream, pumpkin seed brittle

{{%/* /menu */%}}
```

The example menu archive keeps menus as their own top-level section:
[October 18, 2018](/menus/2018-10-18-farmers-market-menu/)
and [August 1, 2019](/menus/2019-08-01-farmers-market-menu/).