The National Archives Opens New Exhibit Today

The National Archives is opening a new exhibit today - all about food!! It's offering visitors a closer look at presidential recipes including Lyndon Johnson's chili, John Kennedy's chowder and Dwight Eisenhower's three-page guide to vegetable soup. The exhibit is called, "What's Cooking Uncle Sam?" It includes a collection of posters showing the importance of food during wartime, plus more than 100 original documents, images, and government videos. There is an amusing look at food marketing, including a company's pitch for branding "Vitamin Donuts," and many antiquated nutrition guidelines. A new restaurant will accompany the exhibit. America Eats Tavern is named for the 1930s Works Progress Administration project that documented the nation's food traditions. It's scheduled to open as a pop-up restaurant on July 4.