This captivating "gastronomical political history" traces the "narrative arc from George Washington to Joe Biden" and what it "tells us about our presidents and the evolution of American cookery, the nation, and ourselves." Alex Prud'homme invites the reader to vicariously break bread with White House leaders (and their friends and foes), and even includes ten authentic recipes—from Abraham Lincoln's Gingerbread Men to Franklin D Roosevelt's Reverse Martini to Lady Bird Johnson's Pedernales River Chili. Delish!