Alex Prud’homme

writer and author of “Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House”

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Author Alex Prud’homme explores the appetites of more than two dozen U.S. presidents in “Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House.”

Encore: Garden veggies, fast food: How presidential meals shaped US

Author Alex Prud’homme explores the appetites of more than two dozen U.S. presidents in “Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Author Alex Prud’homme explores the appetites of more than two dozen U.S. presidents in “Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House.”

Turtle soup, garden veggies, fast food: How presidential meals shaped US

Author Alex Prud’homme explores the appetites of more than two dozen U.S. presidents in “Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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