White House Chef: Eleven Years, Two Presidents, One Kitchen
by Walter Scheib, Andrew Friedman
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Author: Andrew Friedman, Walter ScheibEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-01-17
ISBN: 0471798428
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Wiley
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- ISBN13: 9780471798422
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Book Review: Apolitical, fascinating read
Summary: 5 Stars
I enjoyed this book very much and found it completely apolitical. It is well written and quite the page-turner! Chef Scheib's comments about both administrations focus on each First Family's approach to food, not on their politics. He never mentions his own political leanings, nor does he offer political opinions. Those who complain about Chef's political bias may have an ax to grind, but they have obviously not read this book.
Several of Chef Scheib's anecdotes about President Bush have to do with Bush's exceedingly narrow food preferences: peanut butter and honey, BLT, or grilled cheese sandwiches and burgers--nothing green, ever--day in and day out. Oh, and steamed hot dogs at ball games. Bush is famously incurious--a word I heard commentators use with increasing frequency during his administration--and Chef Scheib merely illustrates that this lack of curiosity extends even to food preferences. Compare the recipes from the Clinton section of the book to those in the Bush section--the recipes speak for themselves. While I feel sure that Chef's food is always delicious, the playfulness, sense of adventure and love of experimentation so evident in the Clinton section is completely absent from the Bush section.
By the way, I am a native Texan, born and raised in Dallas.
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