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Authors tell the unknown stories of Asian chefs in the White House

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"Asian Heritage Chefs in White House History: Cooking to the President's Taste," by Adrian Miller and Deborah Chang. 

"Cooking to the President's Taste" (White House Historical Association, $45) was inspired by a fortuitous discovery.

Author Adrian Miller was researching another book, his James Beard Award-winning "The President's Kitchen Cabinet," when he came upon an "as told to" autobiography of chef Lee Ping Quan, who served under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge on the presidential yacht.





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