Dinner with the president : food, politics, and a history of breaking bread at the White House
Record details
- ISBN: 9781524732219
- ISBN: 1524732214
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Physical Description:
xxviii, 478 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
General Note: | "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-454) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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 dodgers, gingerbread, and Thanksgiving -- Ulysses S. Grant : the drunken tanner, the military genius, and the first state dinner -- Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft : two bears -- From Wilson to Hoover : collywobbles and a hail of rotten tomatoes -- Franklin D. Roosevelt : the gourmet's lament -- Harry S. Truman : burbon, Berlin, and the comforts of fried chicken -- Dwight D. Eisenhower : the president who cooked -- John F. Kennedy : Camelot and clam chowder -- Lyndon B. Johnson : how barbecue led to diplomacy and chili led to civil rights -- Richard M. Nixon and Gerald Ford : the gastrodiplomat and the instant president -- Jimmy Carter : in search of grits and peace -- Ronald Reagan : jellybeans, weight-loss, and glasnost -- George HW Bush : the yin and yang of broccoli -- William J. Clinton : torn between renunciation and appetite -- George W. Bush : tee balls, freedom fries, and changing of the guard -- Barak Obama : the president with the global palate -- Donald Trump : the food fighter -- Joseph R. Biden : we finish as family -- Conclusion: The importance of eating together. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Food habits United States Food Political aspects United States Presidents United States Biography White House (Washington, D.C.) Miscellanea |
Genre: | Biographies. Trivia and miscellanea. |
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