Forks in the Federal City
Thomas Jefferson, lover of all things French, had introduced to the capital city something foreign: a fork. The so-called French fork was denounced as an affectation by Americans who had never owned one. Common people in the colonies had always used spoons. But Jefferson was ahead of the trend: forks that were unfamiliar at the start of the Jefferson administration in 1801 were commonplace but the middle of that century. Although spoons had been common for centuries longer than forks, certain spoons could be undemocratic: President Monroe was criticized for the gold spoons he brought from Paris for use at State dinners.
In 1981, plates joined the controversies over White House eating implements with Nancy Reagan's new set.
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