The Nation: Mmm, Mmm Good!

EVERY week some burned-up consumers write in to President Richard Nixon, saying, in effect: "O.K., Mr. President, since your answer to high food prices is to be patient and wait for lower ones, let's hear what you eat." The White House dutifully mails back recipes for some of the Nixon family's favorite low-budget dishes. Few involve any kitchen wizardry that is likely to tax Presidential Chef Henry Haller's Swiss culinary education. Daughter Tricia Nixon Cox is fond of a fowl dish that is glopped up with two cans of cream of chicken soup, and...

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