President Kitchen Cabinet

The kitchen cabinet was a term used by political opponents of president of the united states andrew jackson to describe his ginger group the collection of unofficial advisers he consulted in parallel to the united states cabinet the parlor cabinet following his purge of the cabinet at the end of the eaton affair aka the petticoat affair and his break with vice president john c.

President kitchen cabinet. The research is impeccable the stories are vivid and thrilling and the food detailed and delicious. The kitchen cabinet was the name given to close unofficial advisers of president jackson. A full 42 inch high 1 100 mm wall cabinet will run straight to the top of the ceiling.

Additionally the twenty fifth amendment authorizes the vice president together with a majority of certain members of the cabinet to declare the president unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thekitchen cabinetwas a mocking term applied to an official circle of advisers to president andrew jackson. If you love the history of our nation s first home as i do you will devour this book.

The term has endured through many decades and now generally refers to a politician s informal circle of advisers. In some countries it is a collegiate decision making body with collective responsibility while in others it may function either as a purely advisory body or an assisting. The cabinet meets weekly to advise the president on matters relating to the duties of their respective departments.

Early in the jackson administration a scandal erupted referred to as the petticoat affair aka the peggy eaton affair that involved members of the official presidential cabinet of andrew jackson and their gossiping wives. A cabinet is a body of high ranking state officials typically consisting of the top leaders of the executive branch members of a cabinet are usually called cabinet ministers or secretaries the function of a cabinet varies. In a kitchen with 8 foot high 2 4 m ceilings a 36 inch high 910 mm wall cabinet will leave about 6 inches 150 mm of space above the cabinet which can be covered with a crown molding.

The president s kitchen cabinet brings history alive by tracing the people and foods that appeared at white house events large and small personal and formal. In the president s kitchen cabinet miller vividly tells the stories of the african americans who worked in the presidential food service as chefs personal cooks butlers stewards and servers for every first family since george and martha washington. The united states constitution does not explicitly establish a cabinet.

Members of the cabinet are appointed by the preside. The story of the african americans who have fed our first families from the washingtons to the obamas kindle edition by miller adrian. The president s kitchen cabinet.