ILLUSTRATIONS

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