Symposium hosted by the White House Historical association in washington, d. C. He is an author of a garden for the president a history of the white house grounds. [applause] good morning. My name is dr. Matthew costello, and i am the assistant director of the National Center for white house history. It is a privilege to be with you this morning, also kind of seeing all the pieces together. It is truly a privilege to introduce our first speaker, who is a fellow wisconsinite like myself. Our first speaker this morning will be jonathan liska, the author of the awardwinning White House Historical association publication, a garden for the president a history of the white house grounds. Jonathan will be signing copies of this book later in the day during the reception in the gift shop. So you will have an opportunity to meet with him, and talk about how great his presentation was. [laughter] no pressure. So please join me in welcoming jonathan pliska. [applause] jonathan yes, hello, i am in
During the reception in the gift shop. You will have an opportunity to meet with him, and talk about how great his presentation was. [laughter] please join me in welcoming jonathan pliska. [applause] jonathan yes, hello, i am jonathan pliska. I am absolutely honored to be speaking at this wonderful garden symposium. I would like to thank the White House Historical association, oak spring, and all the other sponsors for having me here the event. Osting as well as that splendid reception last evening at the u. S. Botanical garden. Thank you all for attending. To give you the overview of the first 100 years or so of the white house grounds. Focusing on the various uses of the landscape, as well as its physical development, and to squeeze us all in in a little under 30 minutes. That is a bit of a tall order. Beill rather shall he not able to touch on absolutely everything. I like a challenge. It will be just fine. So, lets start with the basics. I am sure you are aware that the white house
Story. I was on a vacation at disney world with my friend and she got sick. And so we spent the entire vacation in our hotel room watching the Great British bake off. And i became enamored with it. And i had never cooked or baked anything before, but i loved that show so much that i decided to teach myself how to bake everything that they were baking. And so over the next couple of years, i did just that. And thats how i got into baking and thats how i got into the history of food, because they used to talk about the history of food on the show. What made you put this up on youtube . Your experimentation, a friend at work. So i would bring in my my creations to my coworkers and let them try them. But they had to listen to a lecture on history at the same time. And one of my coworkers said, hey, you should put this up on youtube. And so i did. And it worked out. How many subscribers do you have now . I think i just passed 1. 7 million. When and how did history become a part of your cook
Max miller. He is the author of this new book, tasting history. Mr. Miller, first of all, how did you get into cooking in the first place . Yeah, its actually a funny story. I was on a vacation at disney world with my friend and she got sick. And so we spent the entire vacation in our hotel room watching the Great British bake off. And i became enamored with it. And i had never cooked or baked anything before, but i loved that show so much that i decided to teach myself how to bake everything that they were baking. And so over the next couple of years, i did just that. And thats how i got into baking and thats how i got into the history of food, because they used to talk about the history of food on the show. What made you put this up on youtube . Your experimentation, a friend at work. So i would bring in my my creations to my coworkers and let them try them. But they had to listen to a lecture on history at the same time. And one of my coworkers said, hey, you should put this up on y
World with my friend and she got sick. And so we spent the entire vacation in our hotel room watching the Great British bake off. And i became enamored with it. And i had never cooked or baked anything before, but i loved that show so much that i decided to teach myself how to bake everything that they were baking. And so over the next couple of years, i did just that. And thats how i got into baking and thats how i got into the history of food, because they used to talk about the history of food on the show. What made you put this up on youtube . Your experimentation, a friend at work. So i would bring in my my creations to my coworkers and let them try them. But they had to listen to a lecture on history at the same time. And one of my coworkers said, hey, you should put this up on youtube. And so i did. And it worked out. How many subscribers do you have now . I think i just passed 1. 7 million. When and how did history become a part of your cooking show history . It was really actu