African American Presidential Culinary Professionals, 1789–2017 xx
White House family kitchen, circa 1901 3
White House family dining room, circa 1901 9
White House kitchen, circa 1952 15
Author in White House kitchen with Adam Collick, White House kitchen steward 28
Samuel Fraunces newspaper advertisement, 1789 38
William T. Crump, presidential steward, 1862 44
White House market wagon, circa 1909 47
Inventory of kitchen utensils at Monticello, written by James Hemings 73
Old Soldiers’ Home, Washington, D.C., 2015 85
Domestic staff for President Hayes, March 1877 96
Dollie Johnson in White House kitchen, circa 1890 99
Dollie Johnson restaurant advertisement, 1905 104
John Moaney grilling with President Eisenhower, n.d. 112
Paula Patton-Moutsos, White House assistant chef, 2003 122
Kitchen staffer during Kennedy administration, circa 1961 134
Daisy Bonner at Warm Springs, Georgia, n.d. 137
Presidential yacht USS Mayflower, circa 1912 140
White House Mess during the Reagan administration, 1986 145
Reagan-era Air Force One, rear galley, 2015 156
Arthur Brooks, White House wine cellar custodian, 1919 167
Alonzo Fields with other White House butlers, n.d. 174
Republic of South Africa State Dinner menu card, 1994 194
Adam Collick, White House kitchen steward, 2003 199
Kiana Farkash at 2014 Kids’ State Dinner 202
A section of color photographs follows page 106