A Treasury of White House Cooking Author:Francois Rysavy & Frances Spatz Leighton Originially published in 1957. Francois Rysavy, White House Chef for President Eisenhower, kept up close association with the chefs of succeeding Presidents, who gave him their recipes and described the dining preferences of the first families. He made a close study of the culinary lore of the White House stretching back to the earliest years of... more » our country as a nation.« less