Context: For one day in 1943, the kitchen ran out of the soup during a bean shortage in the midst of World War II. For more than a century, bean soup has essentially been on the menu of the U.S ...

Next to the White House Mess or wherever Alan Greenspan takes his meals these days, it’s the most exclusive dining room in Washington. Surrounded by instantly recognizable faces such as Senate ...

Al Gore claims (though I’ve found no evidence to back it up) that “good enough for government work” once implied that such work met the highest standards of excellence. Maybe. But in the U.S ...

From halibut and hot dogs to unlikely friendships: This is what happens inside the Senate lunch room. Senators might lose their ‘French working week’ under Trump.

For more than a century, bean soup has essentially been on the menu of the U.S. Senate dining room every day. Historical accounts of this extraordinary culinary phenomenon can be found on social ...