The 2009 USA Presidential Inaugural Lunch

So we’re watching the inauguration on TV right now – needless to say we’re loving it. So in honor of the inauguration here’s a special inaugural luncheon post. The inaugural luncheon is a White House tradition, dating back to 1897. The theme this year was to have foods inspired by the Lincoln era, presumably chosen because Lincoln is Obama’s political idol. The lunch, catered by Arlington, Virginia’s Design Cuisine, starts with a seafood stew, the main courses are herb roasted pheasant with wild rice stuffing and duck breast with sour cherry chutney. For dessert there is a apple-cinnamon sponge cake. There is even a PDF of all of the recipes at the White House site if you’d want to try them. MSNBC has the recipes in HTML format.