According to the official Senate committee on the 2005 inaugural, The 2005 Inaugural Luncheon menu draws upon historic ties to the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt and the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1803-1806.  In the early twentieth century, the preparation of a decadent layered scalloped course was a common style of menu presentation. Creamed seafood … More All the Presidents’ Table: George W. Bush’s Second Inaugural Menus

Two-hundred years after President Thomas Jefferson’s 1801 inauguration,  to celebrate George W. Bush’s first  inauguration in 2001, the U.S. Army Brass Quintet provided music. Around 230 dignitaries ate lobster from the surface of U.S. Senate china and enjoyed other dishes honoring Jefferson’s presidency. Now Bush walks about as  a very lame duck, so lame that … More All the Presidents’ Tables: George W. Bush’s First Inaugural Luncheon 2001