Dining at the White House Wins Gold Award

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John Moeller has served food fit for a king-and to actual royalty-more times than he can remember. As an official Chef in the White House Residence, he cooked and served the food to first families and their guests at the White House from September 1995 to 2005 - three Presidential administrations.

Chef Moeller's new book Dining at the White House: From the President's Table to Yours captures the best of his experiences and memories along with over 100 of the exquisite recipes he created and served to the nation's Presidents, their families and guests.

In addition to sharing the culinary delights of the Presidents in this exquisitely done 400 page hardcover book, he also pulls the curtain back and dishes out some of the most memorable likes and dislikes of our nation's top leaders and their families. President George W. Bush for example, loved Tex-Mex, and he and President Bill Clinton both had a real penchant for chicken potpie.

The book is practical, inspiring, and elegant.

These are some of the reasons that the Independent Publisher selected Dining at the White House: From the President's Table to Yours as the gold medal recipient of the 2014 "IPPY" Award in the Celebrity Autobiography/Memoir category.

The annual awards honor the year's best independently published books, the "IPPY" Awards recognize excellence in a broad range of subjects and reward authors and publishers who "take chances and break new ground." Independent publishers, along with independent booksellers, have long held an important role in the world of books, offering an alternative to "the big five" conglomerated media publishers.

Mike Lovell, Publisher-LifeReloaded Specialty Publishing, said "We are honored to have one of our titles recognized. We take great pride in the quality of our work. We worked with Chef John Moeller for three and a half years before the book was ready to go to press. A world-class chef must be represented by a world-class book."

Dining at the White House has also been named as a finalist for three other awards this year:

• ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year AwardCookbook
• Independent Book Publisher's Association (IBPA) Benjamin FranklinCookbook
• Independent Book Publisher's Association (IBPA) Benjamin FranklinAutobiography

Chef John Moeller is a member of an elite corps of chefs who have served in the White House preparing exquisitely plated cuisine for Presidents, First Families, and their guests, including visiting Heads of State. Chef to three First Families-President H.W. Bush, President William Jefferson Clinton, and President George W. Bush, Chef Moeller joined the White House kitchen in 1992 as sous chef to Pierre Chambrin and later Walter Scheib, eventually acting as White House Chef in 2005. Over the course of his career in the White House, he focused on creating unique and one-of-a-kind dishes that relied on fresh and flavorful ingredients.

LifeReloaded Specialty Publishing is a national award-winning publisher of print and e-books that specializes in working collaboratively with authors across a range of genres to develop and publish their books.

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High resolution photographs of the author, book and recipes, and interviews are all available upon request. Recipes may be excerpted in whole or part with link and attribution please. Special feature story articles, interviews, and in-studio cooking demonstration inquiries welcomed and appreciated.

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