All the Presidents’ Tables: Grover Cleveland’s Inaugural Ball Suppers
For a man who liked a chop and some herring, Grover Cleveland and his stomach met their culinary match during …
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Sauce Bercy, as Served at Nixon’s Inaugural Luncheons
A lot of wine used to be sold in Bercy, a Parisian neighborhood. Naturally, the restaurateurs there featured wine in …
All the Presidents’ Tables: President Richard Nixon’s First Inaugural Luncheon
The Joint Congressional Inaugural Committee served the following menu in honor of President Richard M. Nixon and Vice-President Spiro T. …
All the President’s Tables: James A. Garfield’s Inaugural Reception Menu
On March 4, 1881, people lucky enough or well-placed enough or ambitious enough entered through the doors of what is …
All the Presidents’ Tables: President Benjamin Harrison’s Inaugural Ball Reception Menu: A Reflection of the “Gilded Age?”
The following menu, served at the inaugural ball of President Benjamin Harrison (in office 1889-1895), omits the news that 5,000 …
