Alex Prud'homme Dines at the White House

The Book Case

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🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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This week, The Book Case welcomes journalist Alex Prud’homme! His new book Dinner with the President explores the long history of food and American diplomacy. Did you know that the purchase of Pearl Harbor came about because of the first official state dinner ever? Did you know that many believe our involvement in WWII was predicated on a king and hot dog? These are all great stories and this book is packed with them. Find out why Julia Child played and still plays a central role in White House culinary philosophy and what Nixon ate almost every day for lunch….it’s all fascinating! There were so many great stories we didn’t want you to miss any of them, so we forgo a bookstore this week.Dinner with the President by Alex Prud'homme Books mentioned in the podcast: The French Chef in America by Alex Prud'homme My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme The Cell Game by Alex Prud'homme The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Fresh Water in the Twenty-First Century by Alex Prud'homme Hydrofracking: What Everyone Needs to Know by Alex Prud'homme France is a Feast: The Photographic Journey of Paul and Julia Child by Alex Prud'homme and Katie Pratt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.2	different order than she does, but anyway, it's good to have you with us, as usual. We have a bit of a
1:02.3	change of pace for you this week. We have been in the past few weeks featuring some wonderful
1:06.6	books written by female authors that are good reads. This is nonfiction. It is the story of food in the
1:15.0	White House, which is interesting how the presidents use it, what the importance of it is, and the
1:20.8	politics of food, how it's used for diplomacy, going all the way back as Alec Prudome does. He's the author. He starts the book with a
1:30.6	secret dinner that occurred between Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, overseen by Thomas
1:36.2	Jefferson, and that that had a considerable diplomatic effect, political effect, all the way to the
1:43.5	present where state dinners are held and even
1:45.9	Donald Trump serves burgers to the Clemson football team. So it covers a wide range, Kate.
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