| The President's Kitchen Cabinet Lib/E: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas Contributor(s): Miller, Adrian (Author), Butler, Ron (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1504794982 ISBN-13: 9781504794985 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $81.00 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Cooking | History - History | African American |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Every US president had African American chefs. But these culinary artists also served as informal policy advisers, civil rights advocates, and family friends-a historical legacy ignored until now. |
Contributor Bio(s): Miller, Adrian: - Adrian Miller is a graduate of Stanford University and Georgetown University Law Center. After practicing law in Denver for several years, he became a special assistant to President William Jefferson Clinton and the deputy director of the president's Initiative for One America-the first freestanding White House office to examine and focus on closing the opportunity gaps that exist for minorities in America. After his White House stint, Miller returned to Colorado and served as the general counsel and director of outreach at the Bell Policy Center-a progressive think tank. In 2007 he became the deputy legislative director for Colorado governor Bill Ritter Jr. By the end of Ritter's first term, Miller was a senior policy analyst for the governor. Ritter where he handled homeland security, military and veterans' issues, and the Campaign to End Childhood Hunger. Miller is currently the executive director of the Colorado Council of Churches. He is the first African American and the first layperson to hold that position. Miller is also a culinary historian and a certified barbecue judge who has lectured around the country on such topics as black chefs in the White House, chicken and waffles, hot sauce, kosher soul food, red drinks, soda pop, and soul food. Miller's first book, Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time won the 2014 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Reference and Scholarship. Butler, Ron: -Ron Butler is a Los Angeles-based actor, Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator, and voice artist with over a hundred film and television credits. Most kids will recognize him from the three seasons he spent on Nickelodeon's True Jackson, VP. He works regularly as a commercial and animation voice-over artist and has voiced a wide variety of audiobooks. He is a member of the Atlantic Theater Company and an Independent Filmmaker Project Award winner for his work in the HBO film Everyday People. |