Thomas Jefferson Macaroni and Cheese So did you know that Thomas Jefferson first served Macaroni and Cheese at the White House in 1802. Of course, the dish that Jefferson ate i...

Woodrow Wilson, the Sinking of the Lusitania, and Food Blockades during World War I On May 7, 1915, a German submarine torpedoed the British passenger liner Lusitania that was en route from New York City to London. Attacke...

Theodore Roosevelt, a Brooklyn Candy Shop Owner, and the Invention of the Teddy Bear So did you know that the Teddy Bear was invented in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt ? According to historians, it all began when Roo...

Ulysses S. Grant, the Transcontinental Railroad, and Santa Fe Broiled Sage Hen After the Civil War, peace between the North and South made it possible for the nation’s first Transcontinental Railroad to be completed....

John and Abigail Adams Indian Pudding When John Adams moved into the President's House in the new capital city of Washington D.C. it was in a state of disarray, much to his...

John Quincy Adams, the "Corrupt Bargain," and the Art of Dinner Conversation When John Quincy Adams took the oath of office in 1825, it was under a cloud of controversy. The election of 1824 had been a bitterly contes...

Franklin Roosevelt's Royal Hot Dog Diplomacy When Franklin D. Roosevelt invited England’s King George VI for a visit to the United States in June of 1939, the significance of the inv...

James Monroe Virginia Spoon Bread While serving in the Continental Army, James Monroe crossed the Delaware with George Washington, fought at the Battle of Trenton, and endur...

Dolley Madison Fresh Strawberry Ice Cream Legend has it that in the early nineteenth century, a freed slave named Sallie Shadd went into her family’s catering business in Wilming...