Secrets from White House Kitchens/John R. Landau.includes list of presidential executive chefs The Presidents' Cookbook/Poppy Cannon & Patricia Brooks. Politics & Pot Roast: An Unofficial, Unauthorized & Completely Unclassified Cookbook/Sarah Hood Salomon. In and Out of the White House/Ona Griffin Jeffries.Washington to Eisenhower. The First Ladies Cook Book/Margaret Brown Klapthor. Entertaining in the White House/Marie Smith.John Adams to Richard Nixon. All the Presidents' Pastries/Roland Mesnier.Reagan to George W. historic surveys with notes & modernized recipes books on specific presidents are included in that person's section. What's For Dinner at the White House?/ Washington Post Presidential Food: Selected Resource Guide/Library of Congress. Taste of the Past: White House Kitchens. With few notable exceptions, presidential food favorites are rarely recorded by biographers. What we know about First Family food preferences is gleaned from primary documents (cookbooks, letters, journals), chef notes,Īnd household ledgers. Presidents have viewed food as fuel (Lincoln, Wilson) opportunities for cultural exchange (Nixon, FDR) or "down home" simple eaters (Adams, Johnson). Some were gourmets relishing classic French cuisine (Jefferson, Kennedy) others were With the family) are the generally the best reflections of personal preference.Įach of our presidents presents a unique gastronomic portrait. Foods consumed privately (most often breakfast, or Generally not *worth* reporting in history books. President's favorite food is a simple dish enjoyed in childhood. 
Why? Because this is a public place and meals are required to meet certain standards. In sum: a president's favorite meal is NOT always what's served in the White House.
What our presidents eat is a function family heritage, personal preference, physicalĬondition and social obligation.
Food Timeline-Presidents food favorites FoodTimeline library Food Timeline American presidents' foodġ9th century gastronomer Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin observed "Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are." Indeed, there is no better measure of
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