Obama Keeps Bush’s White House Chef

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Remember the hubub over whether Obama would plant a White House garden and pick a chef who serves sustainably-grown foods? Well, nevermind. It turns out that Bush’s chef, Cris Comerford, sources much of her food from local farmers and some of it from a White House roof garden. And, according to previous Bush chef Walter Scheid, Laura Bush “was adamant that in ALL CASES (his emphasis) if an organic product was available it was to be used in place of a non-organic product.” Who knew? Obama, I guess, who’s decided to keep Comerford on. Let’s just hope he applies her philosophy to the nation’s food system, because that, at least, would be a first.

Image: Cris Comerford

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