Thanksgiving at the White House: The Menu Changes More Than the Silverware

Thanksgiving at the White House: The Menu Changes More Than the Silverware

Looking back at decades of Thanksgiving menus at the White House is fascinating—and, frankly, a little gross. What ends up on the chief executive’s table on that most American of holidays seems to be a reflection of both the era (molded cranberry sauce for Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s) and of a president's taste (Nancy Reagan’s famous monkey bread in the 1980s).