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AMERICA THE BOUNTIFUL:
CLASSIC AMERICAN FOOD FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE SPACE AGE
The exhibit traces the history of American food and provides menus from some famous dates in American History. These menus give a sense of the popular foods of their times and enhance the sensual imagery of these events. A few memorable meals are detailed below.
October 23, 1962 -- President and Mrs. Kennedy dined
with friends at the White House1
(During the Cuban Missile crisis)
Rockfish Souffle Ambassade
Breast of Pheasant St. Hubert
Wild Rice
Green beans aux Amandes
Salade Mimosa
Brie Cheese
Biscuit Glacee aux Peches
Petits-fours Sec
First-Class passengers on the RM.S. Titanic, that fateful
night, April 14th, 1912,
rejoiced at an elegant 10-course meal.2
First Course:
1 John F. Kennedy Library, 1998
2 Rick Archibald. The Last Dinner on the Titanic. Toronto: Madison Press,
1997.
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