A Brief History of the White House Kitchen

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Hoppin' Down the Bunny Trail...
While the White House kitchen staff is tasked with preparing state dinners for dignitaries and royalty, there are also less formal jobs to be done. In this 2002 photograph, kitchen workers boil and dye hundreds of eggs for the annual Easter Egg Roll on the White House South lawn.

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