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1 International Women's Day
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2 Obamas to Keep the Bushes' Chef
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3 Obamas Bring Their Private Chef to the White House
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4 Michelle Obama Gives White House Kitchen Tour
Thanksgiving
5 Creamless Creamed Spinach Is a Healthy Thanksgiving Side
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6 Iron Chef America Goes to the White House
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7 What Did You Think of the Food Network's Big Night?
Cristeta Comerford
8 What Foods Are Quintessentially American?
Cristeta Comerford
9 Quintessential American Food? Surf and Turf, Apple Pie
Last night the Obamas hosted their first state dinner of 2011. Yesterday, the menu was described as being "quintessentially American," but no specifics were released. While we tried to guess what would be served, in the end White House chefs Cristeta Comerford and Bill Yosses went with a surf and turf menu. The first course was a pear, fennel, walnut, and goat cheese salad. The second plating Read more
Tonight at the White House, chefs Cristeta Comerford and Bill Yosses are cooking up a special state dinner. Although the official menu has yet to be released, it is said that the Chinese delegation and the Obamas will dine on food that is "quintessentially American." But what exactly does that mean? When I lived in Spain and people asked me to make "American food," I always served fried chicken Read more
Last night was a big one for Food Network. The most anticipated episode of Iron Chef America, with a secret ingredient of "national importance" and Michelle Obama, aired at 8, and the premiere of its much hyped Worst Cooks in America — featuring Anne Burrell — debuted at 10. Did you catch either of the shows? I did! I thoroughly enjoyed Iron Chef America. After reading so much about Chef Read more
Last month Bobby Flay, Emeril Lagasse, and Mario Batali headed to the White House. The chefs filmed a two-hour special of Iron Chef America that will open the upcoming season of Iron Chef on Jan. 3. First Lady Michelle Obama got in on the fun, challenging the chefs to create a meal for America using only ingredients grown in the White House garden. According to his Twitter, Flay joins forces Read more
Michelle Obama has only been a resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for 10 months, yet she's already managed to set an example for Americans to eat more fresh food, from planting a garden to starting a White House farmers market. Earlier this year, I spotted a recipe for one of the first lady's favorite White House dishes, a creamed spinach without the cream. I bookmarked it, thinking it would Read more
Yesterday, before the National Governors Association Dinner — President Barack Obama's first official dinner at the White House — First Lady Michelle Obama and White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford opened up the White House kitchen to reporters from the New York Times and top students from L'Academie de Cuisine, a culinary school in nearby Gaithersburg, MD. Along with First Lady Read more
When it comes to the President's preferences, we know he likes johnnycakes and medium-well cheeseburgers. Now we can add one more thing to the list: private chef Sam Kass's food. Representatives for the Obamas announced yesterday that the family would be bringing Sam Kass on board. The 28-year-old chef, who cooked for the Obamas in Chicago, will now serve as assistant chef to White House Read more
Although there was much speculation over who the Obamas would appoint head chef at the White House, the President-elect and first lady-to-be have chosen to keep the current executive chef in the kitchen. Chef since 2005, Cristeta Comerford is the first woman to hold the coveted position. In a statement released last Friday, Michelle Obama praised the female chef: Cristeta Comerford brings such Read more
Normally I write about fun, kooky food related holidays, but today it's actually a day I really care about and think is important to acknowledge. Today is International Women's Day, a day when females all over the world rally together and fight for equality, peace, respect, and justice. I'll be sending a text out to all of the fabulous women in my life to let them know they should celebrate and Read more
Part of Michelle Obama's master plan to reform eating habits in this country includes the directive of a young chef named Sam Kass. Kass has been the Obamas' personal chef for several years now, and when the Obamas packed up and moved to the White House, he did too. Kass, 29, plays more than cook at his current post: he is the first White House chef to have an actual desk in the East Wing and Read more
