What are "Collectible Meals?" They're real menus of meals enjoyed by rich, famous (or infamous) and influential figures throughout history, which you can recreate in your own home for a fun and educational dining experience. This collection features stories of menus from the first Thanksgiving to the last meal of Timothy McVeigh. Menus from Hollywood legends such as Marilyn Monroe, Julia Roberts and Halle Berry are featured. From wartime meals with FDR and Winston Churchill to grand State occasions with Presidents Kennedy, Ford and many others, Collectible Meals-Second Helping offers a story, and a menu, to suit any occasion. Recreating a famous meal is a fun, accessible way to share a moment in history. It is inexpensive, authentic, verifiable and available to everyone. This is a book filled with historic menus and the exciting stories surrounding the meals.
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Rob DiSilvestre began assembling this unique menu collection in 1999. Today he owns what is believed to be the largest library of collectible meals (www.collectiblemeals.com) in the world. This book is the second of a series highlighting some of his favorite menus. This book is the second installment in the exciting Collectible Meals Library (www.collectiblemeals.com) series, following Collectible Meals: Real Menus from History and Hollywood, published in 2002. Mr. DiSilvestre is a former telecommunications executive turned freelance writer and author. He lives in Fort Mill, South Carolina with his wife and two children.
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White House, New York, United States, Julia Roberts, President Bush, World War, President Nixon, Aretha Franklin, Civil War, Robert Frost, Courtesy of the Library of Congress, President George, Cold War, Charles Carroll, President Cleveland, Gulf War, The Palace, Secretary of State, Colin Powell, Judy Buenoano, President Wilson, Grand Slam, Mel Gibson, Abraham Lincoln, Actual Size Browse Sample Pages:
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White House, New York, United States, Julia Roberts, President Bush, World War, President Nixon, Aretha Franklin, Civil War, Robert Frost, Courtesy of the Library of Congress, President George, Cold War, Charles Carroll, President Cleveland, Gulf War, The Palace, Secretary of State, Colin Powell, Judy Buenoano, President Wilson, Grand Slam, Mel Gibson, Abraham Lincoln, Actual Size Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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