This entertaining, often surprising history of presidential taste delves into what they ate, why they ate it, and what it tells us about the state of the nation.
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“Narrator Pat Grimes serves up heaping helpings of fun facts and delectable details…His voice is generally authoritative without sounding pedantic…There are few direct quotes, so Grimes doesn’t try to imitate presidents’ voices…This work is a feast for the ears. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
— AudioFile
“With much insight into human behavior, Prud’homme has confected an appealing, panoramic history of power dining for both foodies and students of politics and statecraft.”
— Booklist (starred review)“An entertaining, well-researched, politically tinged gastronomic history.”
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Alex Prud’homme is the author and coauthor of several books, including coauthor of Julia Child’s memoir, My Life in France, a New York Times bestseller. He is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, and other publications.
Vikas Adam is a classically trained actor with numerous credits in stage, film, commercials, and television, in addition to his over two hundred recorded audiobooks. His narrations have garnered numerous awards and nominations, including AudioFile Earphones Awards, various Best of the Year lists, and the prestigious Audie Award. He was an inaugural inductee into the Audible Narrator Hall of Fame.