On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:55:57 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>From
>http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2011/01/19/...r-menu/?hpt=T2
>
>Top Chef Masters winners Rick Bayless and Marcus Samuelsson can keep their
>knives packed.
>
>Though the two provided assistance at state dinners in the past, White House
>Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford and Executive Pastry Chef Bill Yosses will
>be helming the kitchen themselves tonight. They'll also be bucking the
>precedent set when the aforementioned chefs served chutney and curry to the
>Indian Prime Minister and Oaxacan Black Mole and jicama to the President of
>Mexico.
>
>Tonight's menu, at the request of Chinese President Hu Jintao's delegation,
>will be an all-American feast featuring last summer's harvest of honey and
>produce from the White House's kitchen garden.
>
><snip>
>
>Thyme, rosemary and sage (shielded from the elements by hoop houses in the
>White House garden) accent vegetables from Huron, Ohio-based The Chef's
>Garden. The purveyor, per a White House press release, "reflects the best of
>the country's agricultu sustainability, affordability, and healthy,
>delicious foods," mirroring the agenda set by First Lady Michelle Obama.
>Fresh fish canapes, not listed on the menu, highlight Northern shrimp from
>Ipswich Bay, Massachusetts and smoked fillets from rainbow trout raised in
>Idaho.
>
>The Menu
>
>D'Anjou Pear Salad with Farmstead Goat Cheese
>Fennel, Black Walnuts, and White Balsamic
>
>Poached Maine Lobster
>Orange Glazed Carrots and Black Trumpet Mushrooms
>Dumol Chardonnay "Russian River" 2008
>
>Lemon Sorbet
>Dry Aged Rib Eye with Buttermilk Crisp Onions
>Double Stuffed Potatoes and Creamed Spinach
>Quilceda Creek Cabernet "Columbia Valley" 2005
>
>Old Fashioned Apple Pie with
>Vanilla Ice Cream
>Poet's Leap Riesling "Botrytis" 2008
>
>
>
>So where do you suppose the White House honey is featured? The carrots?
>

I thought Michelle Obama was the White House honey.

Boron