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The Willard Hotel, and a Near Brush with Obama’s Motorcade

The Willard Hotel, and a Near Brush with Obama’s Motorcade

Posted on January 18, 2009January 19, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News, French Cooking, White House2 Minutes Read

Uber-Chef Alice Waters Comes To Washington: Inauguration Week’s Best Dinner

Uber-Chef Alice Waters Comes To Washington: Inauguration Week’s Best Dinner

Posted on January 14, 2009November 29, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Food News1 Minute Read

Rest in Peace: Gaston Lenôtre

Rest in Peace: Gaston Lenôtre

Posted on January 9, 2009November 29, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News, French Cooking1 Minute Read

Top 10 Food Trends for 2009 — According to the Food Channel

Top 10 Food Trends for 2009 — According to the Food Channel

Posted on December 27, 2008December 27, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Food News3 Minutes Read

Codfish Tales and Codfish Bones: Woe is Us

Codfish Tales and Codfish Bones: Woe is Us

Posted on December 18, 2008December 20, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Food News, Portugal4 Minutes Read

BREAKING: Vilsack is the New Agriculture Secretary

BREAKING: Vilsack is the New Agriculture Secretary

Posted on December 16, 2008December 16, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Food News1 Minute Read

Secretary of Agriculture: Still moot but …

Secretary of Agriculture: Still moot but …

Posted on December 16, 2008December 16, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Food News1 Minute Read

Some Notable Food Books of 2008

Some Notable Food Books of 2008

Posted on December 15, 2008December 14, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Book Reviews, Critic's Corner, Food News12 Minutes Read

Alice Waters: The Woman Behind the Throne? (Or, Um, The Push for White House Chef)

Alice Waters: The Woman Behind the Throne? (Or, Um, The Push for White House Chef)

Posted on December 13, 2008November 29, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, American Cooking, Food News1 Minute Read

Obama’s “Secretary of Food”: An Idea Whose Time has Come, Thanks to Nicholas Kristof

Obama’s “Secretary of Food”: An Idea Whose Time has Come, Thanks to Nicholas Kristof

Posted on December 11, 2008December 11, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Cookbooks, Food News1 Minute Read

Obama’s Secretary of Agriculture: The Saga Continues

Obama’s Secretary of Agriculture: The Saga Continues

Posted on December 8, 2008December 8, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Cookbooks, Food News, White House2 Minutes Read

BREAKING: Short List for Obama’s Agriculture Secretary

BREAKING: Short List for Obama’s Agriculture Secretary

Posted on December 4, 2008December 4, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Food News, White House1 Minute Read

Let Me Entertain You … A New Food Encyclopedia Bellies Up to the Shelf

Let Me Entertain You … A New Food Encyclopedia Bellies Up to the Shelf

Posted on December 1, 2008November 28, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Food News1 Minute Read

The New Yorker’s Food Issue: “Tea & Wallaby”

The New Yorker’s Food Issue: “Tea & Wallaby”

Posted on November 30, 2008November 30, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News, Photography1 Minute Read

UPDATED: BREAKING: Indian Food Critic / Journalist Sabina Sehgal Saikia Dead in Mumbai Terrorist Attacks

UPDATED: BREAKING: Indian Food Critic / Journalist Sabina Sehgal Saikia Dead in Mumbai Terrorist Attacks

Posted on November 29, 2008November 29, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News, India2 Minutes Read

BREAKING: Camp David / White House Thanksgiving Menu 2008

BREAKING: Camp David / White House Thanksgiving Menu 2008

Posted on November 26, 2008November 26, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News, Menus, Thanksgiving, White House1 Minute Read

Obama, the Cookbook

Obama, the Cookbook

Posted on November 21, 2008November 21, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Food News1 Minute Read

Food Summit 2009: It MUST Happen

Food Summit 2009: It MUST Happen

Posted on November 20, 2008November 20, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News3 Minutes Read

Food Activism I: Slow Fish & Organic Standards

Food Activism I: Slow Fish & Organic Standards

Posted on November 19, 2008November 19, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News4 Minutes Read

Obama’s Secretary of Agriculture: Who Should It Be?

Obama’s Secretary of Agriculture: Who Should It Be?

Posted on November 17, 2008November 16, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Food News17 Minutes Read

What??? $500-a-bottle wine* at the White House … Now???

What??? $500-a-bottle wine* at the White House … Now???

Posted on November 14, 2008November 15, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News1 Minute Read

The Race for White House Chef Heats Up

The Race for White House Chef Heats Up

Posted on November 12, 2008November 15, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News2 Minutes Read

Barack Obama Takes the Cake, 1240 Cupcakes, That Is

Barack Obama Takes the Cake, 1240 Cupcakes, That Is

Posted on November 11, 2008November 11, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News1 Minute Read

“A New Birth of Freedom”: Senator Feinstein Announces 2009 Inaugural Theme

“A New Birth of Freedom”: Senator Feinstein Announces 2009 Inaugural Theme

Posted on November 9, 2008November 9, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News3 Minutes Read

Art Smith: White House Chef-to-Be?

Art Smith: White House Chef-to-Be?

Posted on November 8, 2008November 8, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News3 Minutes Read

Heirloom Cooking and Baking: Nothing’s Really New Under the Sun

Heirloom Cooking and Baking: Nothing’s Really New Under the Sun

Posted on November 5, 2008November 5, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cookbooks, Food News2 Minutes Read

Inaugural Menu at Palette: Feeding Political Palates

Inaugural Menu at Palette: Feeding Political Palates

Posted on November 4, 2008November 4, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Food News2 Minutes Read

FICTION IN THE (WHITE HOUSE) KITCHEN

FICTION IN THE (WHITE HOUSE) KITCHEN

Posted on November 1, 2008November 1, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Food News2 Minutes Read

World Food Crisis — One of the Next President’s Major Worries

World Food Crisis — One of the Next President’s Major Worries

Posted on October 29, 2008October 29, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Burkina Faso, Food News1 Minute Read

SWEETS FOR THE CANDIDATES

SWEETS FOR THE CANDIDATES

Posted on October 26, 2008October 26, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News1 Minute Read

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