Tuesday 17 May 2011Eating with Uncle Sam
Eating with Uncle Sam
Queen Elizabeth II’s scones, First Lady Michelle Obama’s White House turkey lasagna, President John F. Kennedy’s favorite fish chowder and First Lady Laura Bush’s guacamole are among more than 150 recipes from the National Archives of the United States featured in this fascinating book of historical and modern-day recipes. Eating with Uncle Sam: Recipes and Historical Bites from the National Archives will be published by D Giles Limited in association with the Foundation for the National Archives, Washington, D.C., in September 2011.
This unique collection of recipes from the records of the U.S. Federal Government includes dishes from U.S. school lunch programs, government-sponsored radio shows, and war-time recipes meant to conserve wheat, sugar, and meat. The 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, D.C., also provides historical tidbits from the presidential files. It includes the hand-written letter from Queen Elizabeth II sharing her scone recipe with President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the transcript of President George H.W. Bush’s press conference in which he expressed his hatred of broccoli. The selected recipes range from breakfast, bread and snacks, to fish, meat, poultry, fruit, vegetables, sides and sweets.
What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam? The Government’s Effect on the American Diet is showing at the National Archives, Washington D.C., June 10, 2011 until January 3, 2012. Award-winning chef José Andrés serves as Chief Culinary Advisor to the exhibition and wrote the introduction to the recipe book.
Authors
Edited by Patty Reinert Mason, Director of Publications, Foundation for the National Archives. With a message from Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero. Introduction by Chef José Andrés, food policy advocate and culinary innovator with more than 10 restaurants across the U.S. including Jaleo, Zaytinya, Oyamel and minibar by josé andrés in Washington, D.C. He has just been named Outstanding Chef of 2011 by the James Beard Foundation. He and his team at ThinkFoodGroup have collaborated with the Foundation for the National Archives to create the America Eats Tavern near the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., as a dining experience inspired by the rich history of American cooking.
EATING WITH UNCLE SAM
Recipes and Historical Bites from the National Archives144 pages, 203 x 203mm (8 x 8 in)
110 colour illustrations, hardback with PLC
ISBN: 978-1-907804-00-7
Price: US$34.95/UK£20.00
Publication date: September 2011
Publisher: D Giles Limited, London
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