Nov. 4, 2008-Present
The public portion of the digital archive of record about Obama Administration food and nutrition initiatives with reporting and photographs from the White House by founding editor Eddie Gehman Kohan. Policy analysis; events and speeches; recipes, menus, historic food ephemera. E mail: ObFoMail@gmail.com.
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Enter The Let's Move! Lunch Recipe Contest
Winners Visit WH For 'Kids' State Dinner'
The Latest On 'American Grown'
Links To All Posts About The First Lady's Book
G8 Dinner At Camp David
President Hosts World Leaders
White House Luncheon For G8 Spouses
First Lady Welcomes Special Guests
POTUS Unveils Global Food Security Partnership
'New Alliance For Food Security And Nutrition'
Recent White House Bytes
- Barack & The City: SJP Fundraiser
- Birds Eye Joins Let's Move!
- Comerford On Asian Fusion Cuisine At The WH
- Dinner with Barack Winners Dish On Presidential Date
- Dinner With Obama & Clinton
- Fifth 'Dinner with Barack' Contest Now Open
- First Lady & Fallon: Fitness Challenge
- First Lady At The Warrior Games
- First Lady Talks Food & Let's Move! In 'Ebony'
- G8 Report On L'Aquila Food Security Initiative
- House Ag Farm Bill Hearings Schedule
- Jeremy Bernard & Sofia Vergara
- Kass Attends James Beard Awards
- Kass Talks Home Cooking & Food Costs
- Merrigan: Food Deserts Are Real
- Newest White House Recipe
- Obama Foodie Homage At Roscoe's
- Potatoes Are Popping In Kitchen Garden
- POTUS & Hollande Talk Burgers & Fries
- POTUS Hosts Combatant Commanders Dinner
- POTUS: Gay Marriage Is Dinner Talk
- President Obama & Sofia Vergara
- President Talks White House Homebrew
- Sam Kass Hosts Twitter Chat
- Sam Kass' Fave DC Restaurant
- SNAP Participation Declines Slightly
- The Newest Obama Foodie Swag
- USDA Regional Food Hubs Guide
- WH Beehive Ready For Spring
- Young POTUS In Love & Eatin' In NY
The Contest: Dinner With Barack & Bill
Win "An Evening With Two Presidents"
More Reality TV For Let's Move!
First Lady To Appear On 'Restaurant: Impossible'
POTUS Visits Taylor Gourmet
Hoagies For His To-Do List Lunch
Let's Move! & The American Dream
Kass Keynotes Weight Of The Nation Summit
The Olympics & Let's Move!
FLOTUS Announces Child Sports Commitments
Clooney's Multimillion $$$ Dinner
POTUS Mingles With Stars At Record-Breaking Fundraiser
Joining Forces Mother's Day Tea
First Lady, Dr. Biden Honor Military Families
White House Recipes
- Baked Chicken With Brown Rice & Peas
- Broccoli Soup
- Cauliflower Gratin
- Chopped Green Salad With Herbed Dressing
- Couscous With Chard, Tomatoes & Sardines
- Cucumber Avocado Soup
- Egg & Veggie Frittata
- Father's Day 2011 Collection
- First Family Recipe: Salmon Croquettes
- Garden Vegetable Pizza
- Grilled Garden Pizza
- Holiday Gulf Shrimp Cocktail
- Holiday Roasted Potatoes
- Kitchen Garden Herb Roasted Chicken With Braised Greens
- Kitchen Garden Pickles
- Lunchbox Recipe: Chef In A Pocket
- Lunchbox Recipe: Whole Wheat Pasta Primavera With Grilled Chicken
- MyPlate: Vegetable Fried Rice
- No-Cream Creamed Spinach
- Obama Family Chili Recipe
- Oprah's White House Recipe Collection
- Pan Roasted Rockfish With Artichoke Barigoule
- Roasted Apples With Blue Cheese
- Roasted Pumpkin Squash Soup with Pepitas
- Seared Lamb Loin On Chickpea Puree
- Shrimp & Veggie Tacos
- Sweet Potatoes & Greens
- Turkey & Spinach Lasagna
- Turkey Patties
- Whipped Sweet Potatoes
- White House Biggest Loser Salad
- White House Iron Chef Recipes
- White House Kalua Pig
- White House Mini Cookbook - 5 Recipes
- White House MyPlate: Seared Tilapia
- White House Passover Recipe Collection
- Winter Garden Salad
- Winter Green Salad, Honey Vinaigrette
- Zucchini Quesadillas
Downloadable Mini Cookbook
Five First Family Favorites
White House Dessert Recipes
- Apricot Sponge Cake
- Berry Cobbler
- Birthday Shortcake With Strawberries
- Blackberry Buttermilk Bundt Cake
- Cranberry Upside-Down Cake
- Frozen Orange Soufflé
- Fruit & Oat Snack Bars
- Fruit Pockets
- Gingerbread Cake
- Healthy Baked Apples
- Holiday Apple Cake With Maple Glaze
- Holiday Gingerbread Cookies
- Holiday Honey Cupcakes
- Holiday Pumpkin Cake With Orange Cream Cheese Icing
- Holiday Recipe Collection
- Key Lime Pie
- Orange Yogurt Cake With Baked Apples
- Rhubarb Strawberry Crisp
- Sparkling Merry Berry
- Sweet Potato Pie With Honey Meringue
- The Famous Apple Pie
- White House Halloween Cookies
- Yosses' Mamie Eisenhower Cheesecake
POTUS Celebrates Cinco de mayo
Immigration Reform & Margaritas For All
2012 WH Correspondents' Dinner
The Comic In Chief Keynotes
POTUS Visits The Sink
Mania & Foodie Homage Ensue
First Lady Keynotes Girls, Inc Lunch
Dream Big & Work Hard
2012 Campaign Goes to The Dogs
POTUS, BO, & Canine Cuisine
Summit Of The Americas
Inside The Leaders' Dinners
Bones For Bo Obama
Doggone Good Fundraising Gimmick
Let's Cook At The Egg Roll
First Lady & Marcus Samuelsson Demo A Recipe
2012 White House Easter Egg Roll
Links To All Posts
Bison Wellington Stars On UK State Dinner Menu
Honoring Prime Minister David Cameron
Kitchen Garden Spring Planting
Seeding Potatoes & Politics
White House Passover 2012
President Obama Hosts His Fourth Seder
2012 Easter Prayer Breakfast
Bacon, Eggs, Faith & Courage
A Pocket Guide To The Campaign
Let's Move!: A Primer
White House St. Patrick's Day
Everybody's Irish!
O'Bama Pubs On St. Pat's
A Pint & Pals At The Dubliner
Cameron Official Visit & State Dinner
Links To All Posts
Let's Move! Mini Olympics
Mrs. Obama & Mrs. Cameron Tout Fitness
The Special Relationship, Food Edition
Favorite Foods, Favorite Recipes
Hoops & Hot Dogs
PM Cameron's Official Visit Begins
Dinner With Barack And Michelle
POTUS, FLOTUS Dine With Donors
Steak Reigns Supreme At White House Dinners
A Presidential Beefstravaganza
A Nation's Gratitude Dinner
Links To All Posts
2012 Governors' Dinner
Steak & A Tale Of WH Whiskey
2013 Budget & Agriculture
No More Direct Farm Payments...
Chinatown Eat & Greet
President's Dumpling Drop By
Food Politics At The Olive Garden
Behind The Scenes At The First Lady's Dinner
Healthier School Lunch Standards
First Lady Unveils USDA's New Rules
Valentine's Day Dinner
Presidential Celebration At Vermilion Restaurant
Let's Move! Anniversary Speech
First Lady Talks Faith & Action At Northland Church
Let's Move! & "Top Chef"
Everyone's A Winner At Dallas Event
Family Dinner In Florida
First Lady Touts "MyPlate"
The Impact Of The Let's Move! Campaign...
Sam Kass On The Record
Behind The Scenes At "Dinner With Barack"
Lights! Cameras! French Fries!
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Let's Move! In Los Angeles
First Lady Touts Grocery Stores For "Underserved Communities"
First Lady Gets Leno To Eat His Veggies
Let's Move! On The Tonight Show
Redefining Play In The USA
Firts Lady Discusses Let's Move! Campaign & Fitness Initiatives
OFA's Super Bowl Fundraiser
The President's Chili Recipe & Campaign Swag
2012 National Prayer Breakfast
Faith & Economic Policy
First Lady's 48th Birthday Party
Steak & Cake For Presidential Fete
$32 Million For Healthy Food Financing Initiative
Kass On Let's Move! Food Desert Fight
No More Us Food Deserts By 2017?
Kass Says First Lady Will Achieve Goal
Chicago Food Desert Summit
First Lady Gets Good News For Let's Move!
Crucial Reading From The Policy Posts
- White House Rural Council Report
- Was Let's Move! A Game Changer In Year I?
- Walmart Joins Let's Move! Campaign
- USDA Rejects NY Ban On Soda For Food Stamps Users
- The MyPlate Campaign
- Proposed Nutrition Standards For School Meals
- MiPlato Is Launched
- Milestone For PALA Challenge
- Milestone For HealthierUS School Challenge
- Let's Move Salad Bars To Schools
- Let's Move Museums And Gardens
- Let's Move Indian Country
- Let's Move Faith And Communities
- Let's Move Cities And Towns
- Let's Move Childcare
- IOM Report On Food Labels
- Hyatt, Kaiser Permanente Commitments For Let's Move!
- How Beyonce Worked With The White House For Let's Move!
- Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act Is Law
- Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation Pledges Trillion Calorie Dump
- Grocers Commit To Combat Food Deserts
- Goal: Eradicating Food Deserts By 2017
- Food Industry Unveils Standards For Marketing To Children
- First Lady's Lukewarm Praise for Happy Meals
- First Lady Speaks At Partnership For A Healthier America Summit
- First Lady On The Economics Of Childhood Obesity
- First Lady Marks Let's Move! Anniversary
- First Lady Addresses National Restaurant Association
- First Lady Addresses Grocery Manufacturers Association
- Darden Restaurants Joins Let's Move!
- Congress Makes Pizza A Vegetable
- Chicago Food Desert Summit
- Chefs Move To Schools
- Bio: Executive Director Of Let's Move!: Dr. Judith Palfrey
- Battle: Marketing To Children
- All The Details On First Lady's Book, "American Grown"
- 2010 Dietary Guidelines For Americans
Mini Movies: 'Dinner with Barack'
Campaign Releases 5 New Videos...
Behind The Scenes: Presidential Holiday Receptions
The Mingling, The Menus...
The White House Gingerbread House
Pastry Chef Yosses Talks Cookie Architecture
The Great American Family Dinner Challenge
Top Toques Trumped By Kid Critic...
Chefs Credit First Lady For Slim Down
Let's Move! In The WH Kitchen
Presidential Thanksgiving Menu
And Links To All T-Day Posts...
Let's Move! At APEC
First Lady Visits MA'O Organic Farms
APEC Leaders Dinner
President, First Lady Host Power Luau
APEC Spouses Luncheon
First Lady Hosts Farm to Table Feast
Obama's Parliamentary Dinner
Australia's Presidential Fete
Presidential Halloween Celebration 2011
Thousands Of Trick-or-Treaters At WH
The State Dinner For South Korea
Links To All The Posts
Obama Chefs Are First White House Homebrewers
The Post That Rocked The World...
Combating Food Deserts, Creating Jobs
Parsing The First Lady's Massive New Corporate Commitments
White House Homebrew For Medal Of Honor Hero
The President & Dakota Meyer Quaff Special Suds
Darden Restaurants Joins Let's Move!
First Lady Announces "Breakthrough" Commitment
Dust Regulation: Political Hot Potato
How Boehner Adopted Obama's Farmer-Critic
Presidential Lunch Lessons
Obama Talks Campaign Strategy At DC Eatery
Inside President's 50th Birthday Party
Guests Go On The Record...
Martha's Vineyard 2011 Dinner Report
A Threepeat For Presidential Eats
Let's Move! With Burgers & Fries...
The President Explains The Campaign...
WH Rural Council Report
"Jobs And Economic Security For Rural America"
Barack Obama's Dog Food
What First Dog Bo Eats...
How Beyoncé Reboot(ied) Let's Move!
Behind The Scenes In The White House/Superstar Partnership...
Food & Media Giants Hire Presidential Advisor
"Sensible Food Policy Coalition" Campaigns Against FTC Nutrition Guidelines
Annual White House Salary report
The Chefs Are Priceless
White House 4th of July
Obamas Host South Lawn Shindig
The State Dinner Menu
Honoring German Chancellor Merkel
The Return State Dinner
The Obamas Entertain The Queen
The Queen Honors Obama
Inside The State Banquet...
Springtime In The Kitchen Garden
First Lady Hosts "Three Sisters" Planting & Harvest
Irish Beer Protocol
First Lady Gets A Pint-Sized Lesson...
Secret Ops & Costco Snacks
The Situation Room Menu
Third Annual Seder
President, First Lady Celebrate Passover
Kitchen Garden, Ready For Spring
First Lady Hosts Planting Party
Obama's Digital Dinner
No Tweeting, No Facebooking...
Let's Move! Anniversary
First Lady Talks Food Policy At Reporters Luncheon
Power To The Parents
First Lady Speaks On Let's Move! Anniversary
Walmart Joins Let's Move!
"A victory for folks across America"
White House Food Videos
- Yosses Lectures At Harvard
- White House Gingerbread House
- The Sugar Situation Room
- The 2010 White House Menorah
- Sec. Vilsack Recaps Year 1
- Ray, Samuelsson: Let's Move!
- POTUS Plays Pigskin On South Lawn
- POTUS Nobel Dinner Toast
- POTUS & Let's Move: South Lawn Tennis
- Kass: Let's Cook
- Kass: Chefs In The Cafeteria
- Kass, Saints Cook Gulf Seafood
- Kass, Emanuel Talk WH Food Policy
- Kass, Brandts & The Beehive
- Kass Explains Hoop Houses
- Kass Cooks With Governors
- Kass Cooks on Today Show
- Kass & Howard in the Garden
- Kass & Elmo In The Kitchen
- Kass & Dawes Cook Healthy Treats
- Iron Chef America Judging
- FLOTUS, Surgeon General on Child Obesity
- FLOTUS Talks Child Obesity on 'Today'
- FLOTUS & The Kitchen Garden
- FLOTUS & Food Deserts
- Daily Show Does Let's Move!
- Comerford's Kitchen Tour
- Bill Yosses, Compost Master
- Biden's Frozen Assets
It's A Long Way From '09 to '11
Obama Food Policy Since Inauguration Day
China State Dinner Menu
"Quintessentially American"
The Year In Food 2010
Top Stories From A Busy Year
Elmo Visits WH Kitchen
Mr. Sam Tells America's Favorite Muppet All About Healthy School Foods...
Let's Move! Events 2010
- $2 Million Toolkit For Chefs Move
- 2010 Kitchen Garden Planting
- 2010 Kitchen Garden Spring Harvest
- Beck Predicts Global Riots
- Campaign Components & Commitments
- CBCC Address
- CHCI Address
- Chefs Move To Schools Launched
- Child Nutrition Bill Is Law
- Colicchio Testifies Before Congress
- Disney Joins Let's Move!
- First Let's Move! TV Special
- FLOTUS Addresses GMA
- FLOTUS Addresses NAACP
- FLOTUS Addresses NRA
- FLOTUS Defends Twinkies
- FLOTUS In Ladies' Home Journal
- FLOTUS Lauds Senate For CNR Action
- FLOTUS Under Fire
- FLOTUS Unveils Childhood Obesity Taskforce Report
- Food Access In FY 2011 Budget
- Food Corps Pledge Trillion Calorie Dump
- Kass Gets Promoted
- Kass, Emanuel On Food Policy
- Kitchen Garden At 6 Months
- Kitchen Garden Turns 1
- Let's Move Cities & Towns Launched
- Let's Move Faith & Communities
- Let's Move Outside Launched
- Let's Move! At Six Months
- Palin: Let's NOT Move
- PBS Kitchen Garden Special
- Phase II Of Campaign Launched
- Philly: FLOTUS Unveils HFFI
- Robin Schepper Named Executive Director
- USDA Announces Fruit & Veg Subsidies
- Year In Food 2010
- Zeke Emanuel, Foodie
Let's move Salad Bars To Schools
First Lady Launches $15 Million Campaign For 6,000 Salad Bars
2010 Kitchen Garden Fall Harvest
Know Your First Lady, Know Your Food
Chefs Move To Schools Launch
FLOTUS Continues To Make Culi History
State Dinner With Mexico
All The Domestic Policy Details
The Year in Food 2009
A Brief History of Mrs. Obama's Paradigm Shifting First Year At The White House
The First State Dinner 2009
Inside The Dinner Tent...A Magical Garden With a Monumental View
Resources
- White House Official Site
- White House Flickr
- Veterans Affairs
- USDA
- US Department of Education
- The White House Historical Association
- The Obama Diary
- Share Our Strength
- Service Nation
- Senate Agriculture Committee
- National First Ladies' Library
- Mrs. O
- Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food
- House Agriculture Committee
- FDA
- [Archival] Presidential Inauguration Committee
- [Archival] President-Elect Obama's Website For The Transition
- [Archival] Joint Congressional Committe on Inaugural Ceremonies
- [Archival] Armed Forces Inaugural Committee
The Kitchen Cabinet Library
- All The Presidents' Pastries, by Roland Mesnier
- An Invitation To The White House, by Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Desserts For Dummies, by Bill Yosses
- Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama
- Lincoln's Table, by Donna D. McCreary
- The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama
- The Perfect Finish, by Bill Yosses
- The White House Chef Cookbook, by Rene Verdon
- The White House Family Cookbook, by Henry Haller
- White House Chef, by Walter Scheib