Remembering Mom & Cottage Cheese - No. 213

A throwback recipe packed with minced celery and love.

IN JANUARY 1969, THE WHITE HOUSE kitchen staff, having spent weeks researching the Nixons’ diet, purchased so many new ingredients that chef Henry Haller joked, ‘’I think we could open a grocery store in the pantry. We’ve tried to find out everything they like.’’

Meanwhile, First Lady Pat Nixon orders four steaks for dinner—one for the president, two for…