While the recipes are not particularly centered in the region or in high society in D.C., there are a lot of seafood dished and things that one might have seen on a Washington D.C. dinner table. And, as the author notes on the title page, the book contains 'facts worth knowing'!
Eating the Past: Washington D.C. - White House cooking
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The White House webpage