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?


Bob

?
"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.

IMO, that was dumb and even condescending. Unless, of course, the guests
requested that. When I travel, I want to sample local foods.


>
> 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.
>

That sounds like a good idea.


> <snip>

>
>
> So where do you suppose the White House honey is featured? The carrots?

Probably, or the lemon sorbet.

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

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> ?
> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote ...

>> 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.
>
> IMO, that was dumb and even condescending. Unless, of course, the
> guests requested that. When I travel, I want to sample local foods.
>
I agree and also thought it asinine.
>> So where do you suppose the White House honey is featured? The carrots?
>
> Probably, or the lemon sorbet.
>
Or perhaps in the dressing for the pear salad?

On Jan 20, 5:49*am, Boron Elgar > wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:55:57 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
>
>
>
>
>
> > wrote:
> >From
> >http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2011/01/19/...-house-honey-h...
>
> >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


I don't usually concern myself with First Lady Fashions, but I liked
that red dress she was wearing yesterday.

On Jan 20, 5:10*am, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
> ?
> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote ...
>
> > From
> >http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2011/01/19/...-house-honey-h...
>
> > 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.
>
> IMO, that was dumb and even condescending. *Unless, of course, the guests
> requested that. When I travel, I want to sample local foods.
>
>
>
> > 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.
>
> That sounds like a good idea.
>
> > <snip>
>
> > So where do you suppose the White House honey is featured? The carrots?
>
> Probably, or the lemon sorbet.

>
>
I agree completely. I'm sure what they served to the Indian prime
minister and the Mexican president were excellent, but probably not
what they get in their home countries. Hooray for the Chinese
delegation!

On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 06:28:37 -0800 (PST), Christopher Helms
> wrote:

>On Jan 20, 5:49*am, Boron Elgar > wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:55:57 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"

>> >So where do you suppose the White House honey is featured? The carrots?
>>
>> I thought Michelle Obama was the White House honey.
>>
>> Boron
>
>
>I don't usually concern myself with First Lady Fashions, but I liked
>that red dress she was wearing yesterday.


There hasn't been much fashion sense among First Ladies since
(omigawd, I hate to say this) Nancy Reagan and hers always seemed a
tad snooty.

Mrs. Obama is young, striking in her physicality, exuberant and wears
beautiful, interesting clothes like nobody's business. I get a kick
out of it all.

In fact, except for Jackie Kennedy rounding out the trio, the rest of
the First Ladies in my lifetime have been downright dowdy, either by
deliberate choice or poor advice.

Boron

On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 06:49:55 -0500, Boron Elgar wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:55:57 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
> > wrote:
>>
>>So where do you suppose the White House honey is featured? The carrots?
>>
>
> I thought Michelle Obama was the White House honey.
>
> Boron

you betcha!

your pal,
blake