The Bush Family Cookbook: Favorite Recipes and Stories from One of America’s Great Families.

BUSH, George and Barbara Bush; Ariel De Guzman.

Item Number: 59031

New York: Lisa Drew Books, 2005.

First edition of this collection of recipes from the Bush family. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by George and Barbara Bush, as well as the author on the half-title page. Barbara Bush has written in her hand, “From our kitchen to your kitchen- happy cooking! Forewords by George H.W. Bush, Barbara Bush and Jeb Bush. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

In 1980, Ariel De Guzman was an experienced Navy mess management specialist preparing meals for thousands of aircraft-carrier crewmembers when he received the chance of a lifetime -- he was selected as a candidate for duty in the White House Mess. When the thousands of candidates were narrowed to a chosen few, he learned that the chefs at the Vice President's House had poached him for their own kitchen. Thus began Ariel's career cooking for George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush. Today, after more than twenty years of cooking for the former President and First Lady and managing their household, Ariel is virtually a member of the family. Preparing and organizing meals that range from casual pool parties to birthday dinners to formal state affairs, De Guzman has been present every time the Bushes have gathered round the table -- at the Vice President's House, the White House, the Houston residence, and Walker's Point in Kennebunkport. In "The Bush Family Cookbook," he brings the stories and flavors of those moments to readers.