Toast with honey, and a cup of broth paired with a sandwich—here’s how the first lady enjoyed her meals, according to a fascinating new book.
took her breakfast in bed. Every morning, a White House butler brought a tray of toast with honey, orange juice, and coffee with skim milk. For lunch, the first lady had a cup of broth and a slim sandwich Her dinner of choice? Cold poached salmon, followed by lamb with potatoes, string beans, and ice cream.
The presidential couple’s dietary habits are described in fascinating detail in the new book by Alex Prud’homme,Over 482 pages, Prud’homme examines what, exactly, each president and first lady ate—as well as how that reflected the larger ideals of their leadership. As a politician highly aware of optics, Franklin D. Roosevelt regularly ate leftovers to portray himself as an everyman’s epicurean during the Great Depression.
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