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Dining with the Washingtons : historic recipes, entertainment, and hospitality from Mount Vernon / essays by Carol Borchert Cadou ... [et al.] ; contributions by Steven T. Bashore and Esther White ; recipes by Nancy Carter Crump ; foreword by Walter Scheib ; Stephen A. McLeod, editor.

Title: Dining with the Washingtons : historic recipes, entertainment, and hospitality from Mount Vernon / essays by Carol Borchert Cadou ... [et al.] ; contributions by Steven T. Bashore and Esther White ; recipes by Nancy Carter Crump ; foreword by Walter Scheib ; Stephen A. McLeod, editor.
Publication: Mount Vernon, VA : Mount Vernon Ladies' Association ; Chapel Hill, N.C. : Distributed by the University of North Carolina Press, 2011.

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Description

234 p. : col. ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

"Combining vivid photography with engaging essays, Dining with the Washingtons explores the menus, diet, and styles of entertaining that characterized the beloved home of the nation's principal founding father."--Amazon.com.

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Genre/Form

Cookbooks.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-224) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Some Men and Women Who Came to Dinner -- Hercules the Cook -- Serving the Washingtons' Table -- Martha Washington, Housewife -- Martha Washington's Cookbooks -- Ice Cream -- Tea on the Piazza -- Dining Rooms at Mount Vernon -- The Kitchen at Mount Vernon -- The Cooks' Day, 1790's -- Smokehouse -- Food on the Frontier -- Dining under Canvas -- Presidential Dining -- Levées -- South Grove Midden -- Setting the Table -- Frank Lee the Butler -- The Upper Garden -- George Washington's Books on Gardening -- Food Preservation -- Milling Flour at Mount Vernon -- Barbecues -- Fisheries -- Exotic Foods and Beverages -- Dairying -- The Slave Diet -- Favorite Foods -- Introduction -- Soups -- Vegetables -- Meat, Poultry, and Fish -- Sauces -- Pies, Puddings, Fritters, and Pancakes -- Cakes and Small Confections -- Custards, Ice Creams, and Fruit -- Breads -- Beverages.

ISBN

9780807835265 (alk. paper)
0807835269 (alk. paper)
0931917441 (alk. paper)
9780931917448 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2011019451

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Harvard Library