Exploring The Favorite Food Of Every American President Throughout History

By Kajal Nigam

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson loved mac and cheese more than any other food. He discovered it while on a trip to France and is actually credited with popularizing the dish in the United States after he served it at a State dinner in 1802.

Did you know that the beloved pasta dish dates all the way back to at least the 1300s? It was first (knowingly) recorded in an Italian cookbook called Liber de Coquina, one of the oldest known medieval cookbooks.