On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:53:38 -0600, "modom (palindrome guy)"
> wrote:

>On 29 Jan 2009 02:30:16 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
> wrote:
>
>>"modom (palindrome guy)" >
m: in rec.food.cooking
>>
>>> The Obamas have hired another chef to prepare their meals at the White
>>> House. His name is Sam Kass and he will join Cristeta Comerford, the
>>> White House's executive chef who remained at the post during the
>>> transition. Kass worked for the Obamas during their time in Chicago
>>> and will bring knowledge of their food preferences with him to the
>>> kitchen.
>>>
>>> More info he
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/us...tml?ref=dining
>>
>>Oh mi! I wonder how much dissension that will cause I'd love to be a
>>little mouse in that kitchen.
>>
>>Michael
>
>Maybe it won't be all that tense. Comerford is the person in charge.
>Kass is just part of the help. From the Times article:
>
>"Walter Scheib, the White House chef for the Clintons and Bushes, said
>the decision to bring Mr. Kass to the White House was 'a master
>stroke.' Mr. Scheib said Mr. Kass would be a tremendous resource for
>Ms. Comerford, the first woman to hold the post of executive chef.
>
>"'This will make her job much easier because she will understand
>better and faster what they like,' he said. 'She doesn’t have to spend
>months reading the tea leaves.'"
>
>Incidentally, the Web site for Kass' Chicago gig is he
>http://www.inevitabletable.com/index.html
>
>He's a locavore. Mostly. The diver scallops on the sample menu most
>likely don't come from Lake Michigan. But the pork loin and the
>chicken at least have a chance of being locally sourced.

Mmmm! I'll eat there on Friday!

Friday

SALAD
Frisee salad, cashews, pickled red onions, apples.

MAINCOURSE
Thyme and lemon marinated roasted chicken, Swiss chard, fingerling
potatoes in persillade

JUICE
Apple Fennel
Carrot Apple

Persillade: equal parts (by volume) chopped parsley and garlic... my,
my, my - aren't "we" all Frenchified?


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West