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Posts Tagged ‘Walter Scheib’

The Obamas Hire Their Own Personal Chef, After All

Posted by Tim Carman on Jan. 28, 2009 at 5:03 pm

Marian Burros has a nice scoop today for the New York Times, reporting that "Sam Kass, a private chef for the Obamas while they were living in Chicago, is now working in the White House." This news comes just a few weeks after the First Family opted to retain Cristeta Comerford as White House chef. [...]

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Walter Scheib to Alice Waters: Lay Off the White House Chef

Posted by Tim Carman on Jan. 21, 2009 at 6:47 pm

If you haven't heard already, Alice Waters was in town during the inauguration, trying to raise money for D.C. Central Kitchen, among other groups, and beat the drum for local and sustainable food issues while the world's attention was turned to D.C. I don't know how successful these celebrity-chef-driven dinners were in meeting their goals, [...]

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