The president's table : two hundred years of dining and diplomacy / Barry H. Landau.

A visual history of the American presidency as reflected by diplomatic entertaining events traces the early days of provincial dining in the capital through today's sumptuous White House state banquets.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Landau, Barry H. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2007]
Subjects:
White House (Washington, D.C.) > History > Anecdotes.
White House (Washington, D.C.)
USA. > President.
Presidents > United States > History > Anecdotes.
Presidents > United States > Biography > Anecdotes.
Presidents > United States > Social life and customs > Anecdotes.
Presidents > Collectibles > United States > Pictorial works.
Entertaining > United States > History > Anecdotes.
Dinners and dining > United States > History > Anecdotes.
Food habits > United States > History > Anecdotes.
Political culture > United States > History > Anecdotes.
Washington (D.C.) > Social life and customs > Anecdotes.
Dinners and dining.
Entertaining.
Food habits.
Manners and customs.
Political culture.
Presidents.
Presidents > Collectibles.
Presidents > Social life and customs.
United States.
Washington (D.C.)
Bankett.
Washington (D.C.) > Weißes Haus.
Geschichte 1865-2005
Illustrated works.
Anecdotes.
History.
Pictorial works.
Genre:
Anecdotes.
Biography
Pictorial works.
Illustrated works.
History.
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of Maureen and John Darling.
Physical Description:ix, 292 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Variant Title:
200 years of dining and diplomacy
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The president's table today
  • The president's kitchen today
  • Author's note on historical textiles
  • The president's house, 1789-1865
  • The executive Mansion, 1865-1901
  • The White House, 1901-present.