From the Book - First edition.
Introduction: At the president's table
George Washington : the first kitchen
John Adams : the first host
Thomas Jefferson : America's founding epicure
James Madison : to Jemmy's health, and Dolley's remorseless equanimity
Abraham Lincoln : corn, gingerbread, and Thanksgiving
Ulysses S. Grant : the drunken tanner, the military genius, and the first state dinner
Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft : two bears
From Wilson to Coolidge and Hoover : heartburn, hard cheese, and a hail of rotten tomatoes
Franklin D. Roosevelt : the gourmet's lament
Harry S. Truman : bourbon, Berlin, and the comforts of fried chicken
Dwight D. Eisenhower : the president who cooked
John F. Kennedy : Camelot and clam chowder
Lyndon B. Johnson : how barbecue led to diplomacy and chili led to civil rights
Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford : the unlikeliest gastro-diplomat and the instant president
Jimmy Carter : in search of grits and peace
Ronald Reagan : jelly beans, weight loss, and glasnost
George H. W. Bush : the yin and yang of broccoli
William J. Clinton : torn between renunciation and appetite
George W. Bush : t-ball, freedom fries, and changing of the guard
Barak Obama : the president with the global palate
Donald Trump : the food fighter
Joseph R. Biden : we finish as a family
Conclusion: Eating together.
