Eating with Uncle Sam: Recipes and Historical Bites from the National Archives - Hardcover

"a fascinating and quirky cookbook"--Linda Cicero, The Miami Herald "History buffs will devour this cookbook filled with recipes from presidential kitchens"--Best Ideas for Christmas, Woman's Day "It would make a thoughtful hostess gift or a source for trivia topics"--Joe Gray, Chicago Tribune "These recipes, from Hoover's sour cream cookies to President Bill Clinton's roasted rack of lamb with pumpkin thyme crust, capture a vivid time and a place in American history"--Addie Broyles, The Austin American-Statesman "A delicious collection of tidbits, trivia, and recipes from records of the U.S. government"--Today's Diet and Nutrition

President John F. Kennedy's favourite fish chowder and First Lady Laura Bush's guacamole are among nearly 200 dishes chosen from the National Archives of the United States in this book of historical and modern-day recipes. This unique collection of recipes from the records of the U.S. Federal Government also includes dishes from U.S. school lunch programs, government-sponsored radio shows, and war-time recipes meant to conserve wheat, sugar, and meat. This book, inspired by the exhibition What's Cooking, Uncle Sam? The Government's Effect on the American Diet at the National Archives Experience in Washington, DC, also provides historical tidbits from the presidential files, including the transcript of President George H.W. Bush's speech in which he expressed his hatred of broccoli, and a description of the hotdog parties hosted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.