With love of great cuisine and the bounty of our nation evident throughout this book, Linda Bauer brings us her newly released Capitol Hill Cooks. The cookbook contains recipes from members of Congress, as well as every president from George Washington (Cranberry Pudding) to Abraham Lincoln (Mary Todd Lincoln’s Vanilla Almond Cake) to Barack Obama (The Obama Family’s Linguini). 

You'll also find Vice President Biden's Kahlua Chocolate Fudge Cake, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's Minnesota Rhubarb Dessert, Congressman Ron Paul's Texas Sweeties or Senator Scott Brown's Italian Soup…and hundreds more. Many contributors to this book even include notes about their ethnic backgrounds, favorite indigenous foods and fond memories of meals shared with others. 

Capitol Hill Cooks is priced at $29 and will raise funds to be contributed to Homes for Our Troops (www.homesforourtroops.org), an organization dedicated to assisting severely injured servicemen and women build or adapt their homes for handicapped accessibility. The finished home is then given to the veteran.

To order your copy of Capitol Hill Cooks, please call 281-292-6526.

Bauer, a resident of The Woodlands, is the author of numerous books including Recipes from Historic Texas, America, Louisiana, California, Colorado, and New England, and The Great American Sampler Cookbook series. She has appeared on The Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News and CNN, and is a member of the International Association of Cooking Professionals and the National Press Club.