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Dinner with the president : food, politics, and a history of breaking bread at the White House

text Dinner with the president : food, politics, and a history of breaking bread at the White House

Summary
"Perhaps the most significant meals in the world have been consumed at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue by the presumptive leaders of the free world. Thomas Jefferson had an affinity for eggplant and FDR for terrapin stew. Nixon ate a lump of cottage chee... Read more
Contents
Introduction: At the president's table -- George Washington : the first kitchen -- John Adams : the first host -- Thomas Jefferson : America's founding epicure -- James Madison : his rotundity, her remorseless equanimity -- Abraham Lincoln : corn ... Read more
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Description
xxviii, 478 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf 2023

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 973.09 PRU in Adult Display Available
Peninsula Community Library 973.09 PRU in Adult Available

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