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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. LOCCOO_170107_005.JPG: Before fire destroyed the White House in 1814, first families used a mix of both personal and common china. James Monroe ordered the first dinner service created specifically for official use by an American president, in 1817.
2. LOCCOO_170107_016.JPG: Mary Todd Lincoln chose this distinctive china with a royal purple border, produced by Haviland & Co. in Limoges, France. Reproduction of the cup and saucer used by Abraham Lincoln at dinner on April 14, 1865.
3. LOCCOO_170107_020.JPG: Sweetbreads memo, from FDR to Mrs. Nesbitt, Oct. 6, 1942.
4. LOCCOO_170107_028.JPG: First Lady Grace Coolidge samples Girl Scout cookies, 1923
5. LOCCOO_170107_030.JPG: First Lady Hillary Clinton sips tea at a health care presentation, Sept. 1993.
6. LOCCOO_170107_035.JPG: First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt chose Henrietta Nesbitt, a Hyde Park neighbor, to be Housekeeper of the White House during her husband's administration. She became known for colorless, spartan meals that relied on organ meats, leftovers and overcooked vegetables. Her repetitive meal plans and plain and dreary cooking rarely pleased the President, and he wrote Mrs. Nesbitt more than a few memos to that effect. After leaving the White House, Mrs. Nesbitt wrote two books. Weekly Menu Chart for President & Family, Dec. 26th 1943.
7. LOCCOO_170107_047.JPG: The Original White House Cook Book. Fanny Lemira Gillette. reprint, 2003, originally published 1887.
8. LOCCOO_170107_051.JPG: Gingerbread has always been a fixture at the White House, but the tradition of elaborate gingerbread houses began in the 1970s. The White House Gingerbread Popup. Roland Mesnier.
9. LOCCOO_170107_063.JPG: Presidential inaugurations became increasingly elaborate affairs -- and occasionally took a wrong turn. With too many guests and not enough food to go around, the supper for President Grant's first inaugural ball descended into a free-for-all. The Inaugural: The Supper, by Thomas Nast.
10. LOCCOO_170107_071.JPG: Grover Cleveland cake box
11. LOCCOO_170107_073.JPG: Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom on June 2, 1886 in the Blue Room of the White House. The wedding cake box, covered in satin, held a slice of the 25-pound fruit cake.
12. LOCCOO_170107_076.JPG: At President Theodore Roosevelt's state dinner in honor of Heinrich Albert Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia, the guests raise glasses in a toast.
13. LOCCOO_170107_078.JPG: Culinary Diplomacy: During his historic trip to China in 1972, President Nixon attended an elaborate banquet at the Great Hall of the People, hosted by China's Premier Zhou Enlai. Close to 600 guests attended this hours-long event which was televised in full at home in the US.
14. LOCCOO_170107_080.JPG: Chef Roland Mesnier served five presidents in his 26 years as White House Executive Pastry Chef.
15. LOCCOO_170107_084.JPG: Ike the Cook: Eisenhower often grilled steak directly on the coals
16. LOCCOO_170107_088.JPG: President John Kennedy has a breakfast conference with his daughter Caroline in the residence area of the White House, 1961.
17. LOCCOO_170107_094.JPG: President Garfield was assassinated in June, 1881, but he lay mortally wounded for months. Restorative recipes from First Lady Lucretia Garfield's papers include one for beef tea, a health drink popular in the late 19th century, often served to invalids.
18. LOCCOO_170107_102.JPG: President Thomas Jefferson had an appreciation for fine food, cooking and agriculture. His farm and garden books record the many kinds of fruits and vegetables grown on his farm in Virginia. Jefferson experimented with planting assorted varieties of French grapes in the vineyards at Monticello, and is remembered as an early and influential advocate for American viticulture.
19. LOCCOO_170107_108.JPG: Thomas Jefferson, no date, Macaroni Recipe and Press Design
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