Eat Like A President: 30 Recipes from the White House to Your House (Historic New England Foods)

Tired of the same old presidential history? Try this entertaining book, Eat Like a President, about the six New England presidents. You’ll learn about life in the White House from the Adamses’ cold, empty house to the Kennedys’ elegant showplace. In between you'll find surprising stories about John Quincy and Louisa Adams, Franklin and Jane Pierce, Chester A. Arthur and Calvin and Grace Coolidge. New England’s presidents were Northerners in a Southern city. They brought their Yankee taste buds and their Yankee sensibilities to the White House. That meant confronting slavery and discrimination in their own kitchen. It also meant offering the hospitality of a great nation when they couldn’t always afford it. And they usually did it while mourning the loss of a child or a spouse. In this book you’ll meet: A president who tried to hold the Union together while overcome with grief for his dead child. A commander in-chief who went to war with the servants over the amount of food they were serving. A quack doctor who gave the president dangerous drugs that impaired his judgment. You’ll learn which president played tricks on his servants, which First Lady was a compulsive matchmaker and which president refused to move into the White House because it was such a dump. And there’s food—30 recipes for presidential appetizers, entrees, desserts and beverages. They include classic Yankee cuisine, like JFK’s fish chowder and Abigail Adams’ poached salmon with egg sauce. There are several state specialties, too, like White Mountain Rolls from Franklin Pierce’s native New Hampshire, Calvin Coolidge’s Pork Apple Pie from Vermont and Abigail Adams’ Plymouth Succotash. But there are also aspirational foods that display the president as the leader of a great nation. They include Louisa Adams’ Plums in Wine Jelly, Chester A. Arthur’s Turtle Soup and Jackie Kennedy’s Souffle Froid au Chocolat. “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are,” wrote the French gourmand and politician, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Eat Like a President tells you what six presidents ate—and who they were.
ASIN: B0BW32CSW4
VSKU: GBV.B0BW32CSW4.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Landrigan, Leslie|Landrigan, Dan
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: Has a sturdy binding with some shelf wear. May have some markings or highlighting. Used copies may not include access codes or Cd's. Slight bending may be present.