Cristeta Comerford, a longtime White House executive chef who recently retired after nearly three decades of preparing meals ...

Truman renovated the State Dining Room in the '50s, and Jacqueline Kennedy restored it in the '60s. The White House has 132 rooms, and each new US president gets $100,000 to redecorate them.

The new President of the United States often opts for meals different from those served to other guests at the White House.

and celebrated with a formal breakfast in the State Dining Room afterward. The wedding of President Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom took place on June 2, 1886, in the White House's Blue Room.

The trees in the State Dining Room are decorated with photos of first families who've lived in the White House throughout history. "In the State Dining Room, Christmas trees have become photo ...