Presidential Foods

Today is President’s Day, and it’s an opportunity to look at some of the food products that either honor or mock our Chief Executives.  Ever since six-year old George Washington allegedly chopped down his father’s cherry tree in 1738, cherry pie has become synonymous with our nation’s first president.  Of course, this story has never been [...]

Foodies Bid Farewell to Ben Ali of Ben’s Chili Bowl and Bill Galloway of the Virginia Diner

The foodie community lost two entrepreneurial pioneers this month.
On October 7, Ben Ali, owner of Washington D.C.’s landmark Ben’s Chili Bowl passed away at age 82.  Specializing in spicy and flavorful chili, as well as its trademark chili dogs and chili-covered half-smokes, this capital city hot spot is a favorite luncheon hang-out for native Washingtonians as [...]

Celebrity Chef Prepares Dinner For Obama

Award-winning chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, author of four cookbooks, whose restaurant achievements include venues in London, Paris and Shanghai, not to mention New York’s three-Michelin-starred Jean Georges restaurant, cooked halibut dinners at the United Nations yesterday evening for three past presidents, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, as well as the current commander-in-chief, Barack [...]

Is Divorce in the FDA’s Future?

If the current administration has its way, government bureaucracy will be getting a little bit bigger. In his weekly address on March 14, President Barack Obama  announced the formation of a Food Safety Group that together with cabinet secretaries and senior officials, will advise him on how food safety laws can be upgraded and improved. [...]

The Obamas : The new First Foodies

The Obamas aka First foodies

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The New First Eaters You know who the new First Family is, well as Karen Herzog over at The Journal Sentinel points out, the new First Family also happens to be the new First [...]