What does a busy president want to eat? This White House chef has the answer
6 months, 1 week ago

What does a busy president want to eat? This White House chef has the answer

NPR  

What does a busy president want to eat? This White House chef has the answer toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images You know that old line, "Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are"? So every now and then I’m, like, on the grill, and he's like, “Hey, is that smelling good right there.” Shapiro: Give us an example. For Filipinos?” But I'm like, “OK, if that's what the guests want, we're gonna do lamb.” toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Shapiro: What did cooking for presidents show you about those leaders that even their chiefs of staff or their closest advisors might not have understood? I made my own brioche dough, and he looked at it and he said, like, “I'm OK with just the grocery bun that you get.” Shapiro: One of your former colleagues, the pastry chef Bill Yosses, told me that your philosophy of American cuisine is that it's like jazz.

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Trump’s former chef reveals how he would trick the president to eating and drinking healthier items
3 months ago

Trump’s former chef reveals how he would trick the president to eating and drinking healthier items

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Rush, who spoke to Politico, is a chef who worked in the White House …

Trump's WH chef dishes on President-elect's McDonald's habit, reveals what will be his ‘first meal’ after taking office
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump's WH chef dishes on President-elect's McDonald's habit, reveals what will be his ‘first meal’ after taking office

Hindustan Times  

Donald Trump's former Chef Chef Andre Rush has spilled tea about the President-elect's McDonald's habit at the White House, as well as what will be his first meal upon his comeback in January. Speaking about Trump's unhealthy appetites and love for fast food, the military veteran turned cook told TMZ, “It's up to the kitchen staff to get creative when …

White House chef retires after nearly 30 years, 1st woman and 1st person of color to have the job
7 months, 3 weeks ago

White House chef retires after nearly 30 years, 1st woman and 1st person of color to have the job

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The White House’s executive chef has retired after nearly three decades of making meals and cooking up state dinners for five different presidents and their families. Cris Comerford is the first woman to hold the job, and is also the first person of color to be executive chef. “With all our hearts, Joe and I are filled with …

Female White House chef duo has dished up culinary diplomacy at state dinners for nearly a decade
10 months ago

Female White House chef duo has dished up culinary diplomacy at state dinners for nearly a decade

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A house-cured smoked salmon, red grapefruit, avocado and cucumber starter. While President Joe Biden and his guest of honor at a White House state dinner chew over foreign policy, the female chef duo of Cris Comerford and Susie Morrison take care of the culinary diplomacy. AP AUDIO: Female White House chef duo has dished up culinary diplomacy at …

White House recruits Edward Lee as state dinner guest chef
1 year, 11 months ago

White House recruits Edward Lee as state dinner guest chef

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Chef Edward Lee says food, at its best, tells a story. President Joe Biden is hosting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday for a state visit, including a glitzy state dinner, and the White House invited Lee, a Korean American chef and restaurateur, to help prepare the meal. The White House gave The Associated Press an …

Ex-White House chef Sam Kass says coffee, wine and more will be "largely unavailable” in 30 years
2 years, 3 months ago

Ex-White House chef Sam Kass says coffee, wine and more will be "largely unavailable” in 30 years

Salon  

It's no surprise that the ongoing climate crisis continues to threaten the production of our foods. But according to former White House chef Sam Kass, those foods in question may actually be gone sooner than we anticipated. "And you're seeing in the future, we're on track for a lot of those to become quite scarce and some really to be …

The chef who makes steaks for Trump
4 years, 1 month ago

The chef who makes steaks for Trump

Live Mint  

Donald Trump devised a clever way to get his daily fix of 12 cans of Diet Coke at his office within the White House during his term as the 45th President of the United States of America. Chef David Burke runs the show at this fine dining hotspot BLT Prime. Apart from being an avid collector, Burke has authored two …

Trump reportedly swaps steak for fish as part of weight loss diet
6 years, 9 months ago

Trump reportedly swaps steak for fish as part of weight loss diet

The Independent  

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First Ladies Often Forge Food Trends, But Melania's Menu Is A Mystery
8 years, 3 months ago

First Ladies Often Forge Food Trends, But Melania's Menu Is A Mystery

NPR  

First Ladies Often Forge Food Trends, But Melania's Menu Is A Mystery toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images In a photo for GQ earlier this year, Melania Trump sat in a white dress at a white table posed with a fork and spoon, twirling a thick platinum rope necklace in a bowl like a piece of bucatini. "It turned out that …

What the president’s diet says about America
8 years, 3 months ago

What the president’s diet says about America

CNN  

Editor’s Note: How do US presidents stay fit and active? “But he’s not the first one to like McDonald’s and Burger King and occasionally that wonderful Popeyes chicken,” said William Seale, a historian and journal editor with the White House Historical Association. After all, the eating habits of American presidents seem to mirror the ever-evolving diets of the American people, …

Lady iron chef and her White House kitchen confidential
8 years, 4 months ago

Lady iron chef and her White House kitchen confidential

Live Mint  

Cristeta Comerford, the 54-year-old Filipino-American head chef at the White House since 2005, resolutely refused to divulge details of US President Barack Obama’s breakfast menu. “You know, just normal breakfast at home.fruits, yogurt, a good omelette,” said Comerford, the first female head chef at the White House, measuring her words. Seventeen chefs from different countries exchanged recipes and pushed the …

White House Chef Sam Kass Plays Not My Job
12 years, 9 months ago

White House Chef Sam Kass Plays Not My Job

NPR  

White House Chef Sam Kass Plays Not My Job Since Kass is so good at doing things that are really good for you, we've invited him to play a game called, "You'll put an eye out!" SAGAL: He is the first family's personal chef at the White House, and an important part of the First Lady's healthy food initiative. KASS: …

The Obamas' first harvest
15 years, 8 months ago

The Obamas' first harvest

Salon  

It was harvest time for the first wave of crops from the local vegetable garden, so the kids who had helped plant it a few months earlier came back to visit recently. "We think that the jury is definitely still out," said Ferd Hofner, policy director at the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, a Washington-based group that's pushing for more federal …

老板为奥巴马做披萨 美国餐馆生意火爆-英语点津
15 years, 9 months ago

老板为奥巴马做披萨 美国餐馆生意火爆-英语点津

China Daily  

At the bustling Pi pizza restaurant in St Louis, the staff has come up with a new mantra: "It's just pizza!" "Well, White House cookbooks have always been popular - but no, there's never been this flood of interest before," says Eddie Gehman Kohan, editor of the blog Obama Foodorama. Indeed, foodies have no doubt that it was Michelle who …

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