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Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House

byAlex Prud’homme

Alex Prud'homme explores American presidents through the food they ate, served, avoided, and used as political theater. From Washington's wartime meals and Jefferson's culinary experiments to state dinners, campaign snacks, fast food, and ice cream, presidential tastes reveal class, region, diplomacy, health, and changing national identity. The book visits White House kitchens and public tables while introducing cooks, guests, advisers, and family members. Prud'homme shows that meals are never merely personal: they communicate values, build alliances, court voters, and reflect the country presidents claim to represent.

Publisher

Knopf

Publication date

Nov 15, 2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

416

ISBN

9781524732219