We here at Basis are in a culinary state of mind, having seen Julie & Julia this weekend (and, yes, having bought Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking from Amazon almost immediately). We got to thinking of dinner plates, and then to some of the most famous, and arguably most important, plates on earth; the White House china. Luckily for us, most of the White House china used over the centuries has been preserved in some form. Although it was not until somewhat recently that congress passed a law mandating that all White House china be either saved or destroyed. There’s a great story that when Lyndon and Ladybird Johnson didn’t like their dessert plates, the staff were allowed to smash them against a wall in the basement! For your edification, a selection of the choicest china our country has to offer:
George Washington, 1st President of the United States
Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States
George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
Let’s eat!
