White House Kitchen Garden & Beehive honey used with Stone Barns bountyPocantico Hills, New York: Chef Dan Barber created a special menu for First Lady Michelle Obama's four-course luncheon for 31 visiting UN spouses today. The Farm to Table feast was at Barber's Blue Hill restaurant, which anchors the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in New York state, about 25 miles outside of New York City. (Above: Mrs. Obama's place setting at the luncheon)
>Mrs. Obama's remarks at the luncheon are here
Seated with Mrs. Obama at her table: On her left, Hayrunnisa Gul, First Lady of the Republic of Turkey; on her right, Ingrid Schulerud, First Lady of Norway. The rest of the table: Evelin IIves, First Lady of Estonia; Rosella Nestor King, wife of the Prime Minister of St. Lucia; Rosa Elena Lobo, the First Lady of Honduras; Lilita Zatlere, the First Lady of Latvia; and David Barber, co-owner of Blue Hill and brother of Dan Barber.
>Mrs. Obama's diplomatic gift for her guests was an artisan basket filled with foodie keepsakes from the White House Kitchen Garden
White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford, Executive Pastry Chef Bill Yosses, and assistant chef Sam Kass all joined Barber in the kitchen to cook, as did a group of third graders from a local elementary school. The simple but delicious meal featured produce grown at Stone barns, as well as in the White House Kitchen Garden. The chicken and eggs came from the hen house Mrs. Obama and her guests visited before lunch, while on a walking tour of the 80-acre farm. Honey from the White House beehive was used for dessert.
First Lady's Luncheon For UN SpousesSummer Fruit And Vegetables
White House sun golds, homemade yogurt, purslane
Wine Pairing:
Lieb Cellars Pinot Blanc (Long Island, NY) 2008
Appetizer
This Morning's Farm Egg
5 late summer beans from the White House & Our House
Wine Pairing:
Red Hook Winery Chardonnay 'Jamesport Vineyard,' North Fork Long Island, 2008
Main
Stone Barns Pastured Chicken
White House herbs, eggplant, ratatouille
Wine Pairing
Copain Pinot Noit 'Wentzel Vineyard' Anderson Valley, California 2007
Dessert
Sacher Cake
Red Jacket apricots, White House sorbet
Above: One of the luncheon tables.
>Mrs. Obama leads a tour of the Stone Barns herb garden
*Photos by Obama Foodorama
