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Place Setting for Dinner at Prairie Chapel Ranch

This photograph, taken by Eric Draper on May 20, 2007, shows the place setting for Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), for a social dinner hosted by President George W. Bush at the Prairie Chapel Ranch, his home near Crawford, Texas. The dinner, prepared by chef Matthew Wendel, included arugula and citrus salad, pecan-smoked beef tenderloin with horseradish sauce, green chili cheese grits soufflé, and roasted asparagus. For dessert, guests dined on peach cream pie adapted from a recipe compiled by First Lady Laura Bush, featuring fresh Texas Hill Country peaches.
Photographer
Eric Draper
Date of Work
May 20, 2007
Type
Photograph
Credit
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum/NARA
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