"Jack Campin - bogus address" > wrote in message
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> Posted by Earl Evleth to rec.travel.europe,
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> -- begin quote --
> The last line says it all. The Bushes have a limited food imagination.
> It is what I imagined.
>
> Earl
>
> *****
>
> "While it is an honour to serve the first family," he said, "it is
> the same thing, night in and night out, over an extended period. And
> it's time for me to be exploring all of my creative abilities and not
> limiting myself."
>
> AFTER cooking for two US presidents over 11 years, White House chef
> Walter Scheib has been fired, he told The New York Times today, adding
> that his ouster followed the appointment of a new social secretary to
> serve the first family. "We've been trying to find a way to satisfy
> the first lady's stylistic requirements," Scheib, 50, told the paper
> in a telephone interview, "and it has been difficult. Basically I was
> not successful in my attempt."
>
> Scheib, who was hired 11 years ago by then first lady Hillary Clinton,
> said he was asked to resign on Thursday, a few weeks after White House
> social secretary Cathy Fenton was succeeded by Lea Berman, the wife of
> a wealthy contributor to the Republican Party.
>
> The change, he said, did not bode well from the start.
>
> "Clearly with the new social secretary, there is a new set of eyes and
> a new vision.... She is a very hands-on social secretary, very involved
> with all aspects of food, flowers and decor. She clearly has a mandate,"
> he said.
>
> Scheib will stay on his job until at least the end of the month, the
> newspaper said, adding that a search was under way for a new White
> House chef.
>
> While miffed at having been fired - "I hate to lose, because I am
> super-competitive," Scheib said he was not worried about the future
> and looked forward to a change in life.
>
> "While it is an honour to serve the first family," he said, "it is
> the same thing, night in and night out, over an extended period. And
> it's time for me to be exploring all of my creative abilities and not
> limiting myself."
> -- end quote --
>
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Probably made a mess of the nuculear soup.