The most tasteful text to come out of the White House in the last 100 years, The White Cookbook arrives just in time for the 1996 presidential election. The original 19th-century American standard (first sold through the Sears Roebuck catalog), this edition has been modified for today's tastes and health and time constraints.

White House Cookbook, Revised and Updated Centennial Edition

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Ziemann, Hugo

Ross, Tami

Geil, Patti B

Gillette, F.L.

Cooking Education & Reference

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

The White House Cookbook: Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts

Smithmark Pub.

The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887)

Desserts

Createspace

Gillette’s original 1887 White House Cookbook has something for cooks and students of history alike. This recipe book features menus and preparation instructions for dishes served in the White House for varying U.S. presidents and their guests. Presented in historical context, this old fashioned cookbook includes a large variety of tried and true recipes that will never disappoint.

The Whitehouse Cookbook

Literature & Fiction

Classics

Empire Books

The Original White House Cook Book, 1887 Edition

Published in 1887, The White House Cookbook set a new standard for perfection in the culinary arts. During his tenure as Steward of the White House, Hugo Ziemann personally catered to the First Family as well as countless American statesmen, foreign dignitaries, and celebrities. In this one-of-a-kind book he sets forth, in comprehensive detail, all the recipes, menus, and cooking techniques he used while serving as the official White House chef. The White House Cookbook also teaches proper housekeeping techniques. The chapter Facts Worth Knowing explains how to hang picture frames, polish brass, prevent rust, clean marble, and more. There is also information on preparing hair dye, lip salve, rose-water, shampoo, shaving cream, toothpaste, and perfumes from scratch. An instructive and entertaining book that sparkles with the grandeur of a bygone American era, The White House Cookbook is sure to delight foodies, entertainers, and armchair historians alike.

Echo Point Books & Media

Initially published in 1887, The Original White House Cook Book is a cooking compendium penned by F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann. The book is comprised of recipes, cooking techniques, etiquette instruction, household care, and cleanliness tips used in the White House. This historic book includes recipes by the first ladies Martha Washington, Mary Todd Lincoln, and many others, as well as historic menus for special occasions like Grant’s Birthday and Washington’s Wedding. The book was compiled using the knowledge gained by Gillette in her years of cooking, as well as Ziemann’s term as a White House steward and caterer. It rapidly became a bestseller after its publication and an essential cookbook in kitchens across America. The Original White House Cook Book includes more than five hundred recipes for soups, meats, vegetables, pastas, desserts, sandwiches, and more. Additionally, it includes hundreds of tips and tricks as well as a foreword written by John Moeller, White House chef from 1992 to 2005.

The Original White House Cook Book: Cooking, Etiquette, Menus, and More from the Executive Estate - 1887 Edition

Racehorse

Cooking, toilet and household recipes, menus, dinner-giving, table etiquette, care of the sick, health suggestions, facts worth knowing etc. - the whole comprising a comprehensive cyclopedia of information for the home. Originally released in 1887.

The White House Cook Book

History

Salzwasser-Verlag im Europäischen Hochschulverlag

Zimmerman, Hugo

Independently published

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