The Favorite Foods of the U.S. Presidents.

President’s Day invites the usual tributes, portraits, speeches, a few furniture discounts, but the most revealing museum might be the dinner table. Follow the menus and you can trace a country finding its palate, from hearth-cooked cornmeal to stadium-food swagger. Consider this a guided tasting, part history, part kitchen tour, ending with our pick for the single best all-American comfort food.