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

A wonderfully entertaining, often surprising history of presidential taste, from the grim meals eaten by Washington and his starving troops at Valley Forge to Trumps fast-food burgers and Bidens ice creamwhat they ate, why they ate it, and what it tells us about the state of the nationfrom the coauthor of Julia Childs best-selling memoir My Life in France"[A] beautifully written book about how the presidential palate has helped shape America...Fascinating."Stanley TucciSome of the most significant moments in American history have occurred over meals, as U.S. presidents broke bread with friends or foe: Thomas Jeffersons nationbuilding receptions in the new capital, Washington, D.C.; Ulysses S. Grants state dinner for the king of Hawaii; Teddy Roosevelts groundbreaking supper with Booker T. Washington; Richard Nixons practiced use of chopsticks to pry open China; Jimmy Carters...