To die for.
After an intimate round table with Michelle Obama, we headed outside to the HealthierUS School Challenge Celebration, where we were given recipes form the White House and a tour of the gardens where Bo posed so perfectly with the first lady. White House chef Sam Kass got giddy when showing off purple lima beans, colorful peppers, and a growing fig tree. Read more
Besides getting a good dose of White House chef Sam Kass, last night's episode of Top Chef highlighted Let's Move! — Michelle Obama's campaign to end childhood obesity. For the elimination challenge, each team of four was given the task of making a healthy school lunch for 50 kids with a small budget of $2.60 per child. Sounds impossible, but it's exactly the same budget restraints that public Read more
Last night, the second episode of Top Chef: DC went down, and it was totally action-packed. First came the Bi-partisandwich Quickfire, in which the 16 contestants teamed up in pairs and tried their best to single-handedly pile ingredients between bread while attached at the apron. The challenge was painfully cheesy, but Angelo was the right one to win immunity. For the Elimination Challenge — 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
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
Simply brilliant: a Thanksgiving meatball with turkey, stuffing, and cranberries. — Saveur Tonight's episode of Chopped will feature White House chef Sam Kass. — Food Republic David Kinch of Manresa is GQ's chef of the year. — Eater SF Stanford University's offering freshmen a food-blogging course. — Grub Street SF Food geek/authority Harold McGee is totally against brining turkeys. Read more
White House chef Sam Kass takes us on a tour of the White House Gardens. Go beyond candy this October with 10 Halloween-inspired desserts. Check out all of our videos from the LA Food & Wine Festival. Just beet it with this inventive and delish goat cheese and arugula pizza. Be sure to enjoy some sweet potatoes while they're in season. What do you know about this Halloween Read more
