No, thank you, Helen Thomas: Press Secretary Robert Gibbs calls anti-Semitic comments "reprehensible"Update, June 8: President Obama weighs in: "Offensive," but...
Monday, June 07, 2010
No More Presidential Cupcakes For Helen Thomas - With Videos
No, thank you, Helen Thomas: Press Secretary Robert Gibbs calls anti-Semitic comments "reprehensible"Update, June 8: President Obama weighs in: "Offensive," but...
Chefs Are Moving To Schools, And It's Time For Congress To Move, Too
First Lady calls on Congress to move on reauthorization of Child Nutrition Act
First Lady Michelle Obama addressed an army of white-clad chefs on the South Lawn on Friday, as she formally launched Chefs Move To Schools. A new component of the Let's Move! campaign, the program encourages professional chefs to adopt schools in their local communities to help teach nutrition and improve school meals.
In her wide-ranging speech to the visiting cuisinaires, who fanned themselves with their special Chefs Move To Schools paper toques as they sat under a bright, hot sky, Mrs. Obama covered everything from the dire need for healthier foods in schools, passage of the legislation reauthorizing the Child Nutrition Act, to food as a critical part of community life, to commentary on her own mother's cooking.
"If anyone understands food and nutrition, it's the folks sitting here in their whites today," Mrs. Obama told the chefs, who numbered about between 500 and 700, from 37 states.
"My mother didn’t know how to cook broccoli. It was watery and mushy, and that's what we thought broccoli was," Mrs. Obama joked, to much laughter.
But the First Lady wasn't joking as she discussed the upcoming reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act. Congress returns to session today after the Memorial Day break, and there's less than a month for action before they recess again for the Summer break.
The nutrition standards for school meals across America are currently under a hodge-podge of state guidelines, with no national standard in place--and plenty of junk foods still available to children in schools. That's something that could change with the the reuathorization, which is in the form of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.
"The Senate Agriculture Committee’s action on the bill this spring marks historic progress on this bill, and it’s vitally important that the Senate continues this effort and passes a bill in the coming weeks," Mrs. Obama told the chefs.
The CNA was last updated in 2004, and covers the National School Lunch, School Breakfast and Summer Food Service Programs, which impact more than 31 million kids daily. The law expired on Sept. 30, 2009, and Congress extended it through this September. Should the new legislation get passed, for the first time, the USDA will be setting a national standard for all foods sold in schools, in accordance with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. For the first time, ever.
"A majority of Senators and House Members from both parties have publicly called for swift passage of a robust proposal, and I urge Congress to provide the resources that we need to support these important programs," Mrs. Obama told the chefs. "It’s important that we keep the momentum going and we pass this bill this year."
Far more than funding...
The new reauthorization is not merely about funding school food programs; it also has components that match recommendations from the Report from the White House Task Force On Childhood Obesity, which was released last month. In addition to bringing nutrition guidelines for all of America's schools into the 21st century, the legislation mandates wellness policies and programs, ways to procure healthier foods for schools, such as farm to school sourcing, nutrition education in schools, improved training and technical assistance for school food professionals, and support for mothers with infants. It's a profound change from current guidelines, and much needed.
If the bill doesn't get passed, America's kids are doomed to begin a new school year with the same unhealthy, outdated standards in place. The bipartisan Ag Committee unanimously approved the bill in March, but there's been no action since. As a side note, the Committee has also failed to take any action on getting Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, President Obama's nominee to lead USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service, confirmed. There's been one hearing for Hagen, which adjourned before completion.
A big response for Chefs Move To Schools
As of Friday morning, 990 chefs and 488 schools had signed on to join Chefs Move To Schools on the USDA website, according to White House Food Initiative Coordinator Sam Kass. The ocean of aspiring violunteers on the South Lawn represented just the start of a new volunteer corps for America's 95,000 schools, and Kass and the First Lady praised them profusely for their willingness to join the campaign.
"I think it's safe to say there have never been this many chefs on the South Lawn," said Kass. "What an amazing day."
"Each of you has so much to offer when it comes to helping our children make healthy choices. You know more about food than almost anyone--other than the grandmas--and you’ve got the visibility and the enthusiasm to match that knowledge," Mrs. Obama said. "You all know how the ingredients we put in our bodies can affect the way we feel, the way we think, and how we grow. This is especially true when we’re talking about our nation’s kids."
Chefs get a policy briefing, too
The superstar American culinary professionals listening to Mrs. Obama make her pitch to the volunteer chef corps included Rachael Ray, Cat Cora, Tom Colicchio, Anne Burell, Ellie Krieger, Marcus Samuelsson and Daniel Boulud. All had attended a morning policy breakfast with the citizen chefs, sponsored by non-profit Share Our Strength. They'd heard from Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and other school food professionals, about the importance of improving school foods for academic success. (Above: Duncan during his remarks)
Citing the one in three school drop-out rate before high school graduation, Duncan called healthier school foods "not just an economic issue, but a moral issue," as he spoke about the need for a robust reauthorization, too.
"The truth is that the food that our kids eat does have a direct effect on how they learn. That’s just the truth," Mrs. Obama told the chefs about the need for healthy foods in schools. "So this isn’t a luxury. This isn’t a set-aside. This isn’t a sidebar."
The First Lady frequently notes during her public speeches that "government can't do it all," and that's something she told the chefs as she encouraged them to get involved with Chefs Move To Schools. But with the Reauthorization, government can do something very, very significant.
Since its formal launch at the White House in February, Let's Move! has amped up at an astonishing pace. Mrs. Obama has received major commitments for action for change in food from all the biggest commercial food corporations. She has the support of publicly held and privately funded non profits, such as the multi-billion dollar California Endowment. She has NFL, soccer stars and Olympians, major media entities such as Disney and Nickelodeon (and their celebs), working to help foster the kind of change that will eliminate obesity within a generation. She has mayors and governors, and major bipartisan support on Capitol Hill. The PTA and the School Nutrition Association are big supporters, as are all the major school associations, medical professionals, and the military.
The First Lady has literally traveled the country promoting different elements of the campaign, with visits to Mississippi, Nevada, California and Pennsylvania. Her only official activity with Mrs. Maragarita Zavala of Mexico during the recent State Visit from President Felipe Calderon was a visit to a Maryland Elementary school, to promote healthy eating and fitness. And Mrs. Obama has thrown open the South Lawn to local groups for fitness activities all summer long. Two weeks ago, Mrs. Obama launched Let's Move Outside, a nationwide physical fitness component for the campaign.
Chefs Move to Schools is a terrific project that boosts the entire Let's Move! campaign with a creative, out-of-the-box solution for improving school foods and utilizing limited resources, but Congress acting on the Child Nutrition Reauthorization is critical for dramatically reducing childhood obesity rates.
"This is doable. It’s right there. But we’ve got to make it happen," Mrs. Obama told the chefs about the bill.
As she thanked the chefs for participating in the program, Mrs. Obama noted "The more grownups who are working on behalf of our kids, the stronger they’ll be."
The question now is: Will the grown ups in Congress work on behalf of America's kids?
*Related: Read Mrs. Obama's remarks and watch a video of the launch here. Before the South Lawn event, the chefs had a policy breakfast, sponsored by Share Our Strength. A huge contingent of America's culinary luminaries showed up to join Mrs. Obama for the launch. After, there was a Spring Harvest of the Kitchen Garden; Cat Cora in action is here; Tom Colicchio is in action here; Rachael Ray in action is here. During her remarks, Mrs. Obama gave Kass a special shout out. A Google map of Chefs Move To Schools is here.
*Photos by Obama Foodorama
First Lady Michelle Obama addressed an army of white-clad chefs on the South Lawn on Friday, as she formally launched Chefs Move To Schools. A new component of the Let's Move! campaign, the program encourages professional chefs to adopt schools in their local communities to help teach nutrition and improve school meals.In her wide-ranging speech to the visiting cuisinaires, who fanned themselves with their special Chefs Move To Schools paper toques as they sat under a bright, hot sky, Mrs. Obama covered everything from the dire need for healthier foods in schools, passage of the legislation reauthorizing the Child Nutrition Act, to food as a critical part of community life, to commentary on her own mother's cooking.
"If anyone understands food and nutrition, it's the folks sitting here in their whites today," Mrs. Obama told the chefs, who numbered about between 500 and 700, from 37 states.
"My mother didn’t know how to cook broccoli. It was watery and mushy, and that's what we thought broccoli was," Mrs. Obama joked, to much laughter.
But the First Lady wasn't joking as she discussed the upcoming reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act. Congress returns to session today after the Memorial Day break, and there's less than a month for action before they recess again for the Summer break.
The nutrition standards for school meals across America are currently under a hodge-podge of state guidelines, with no national standard in place--and plenty of junk foods still available to children in schools. That's something that could change with the the reuathorization, which is in the form of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010."The Senate Agriculture Committee’s action on the bill this spring marks historic progress on this bill, and it’s vitally important that the Senate continues this effort and passes a bill in the coming weeks," Mrs. Obama told the chefs.
The CNA was last updated in 2004, and covers the National School Lunch, School Breakfast and Summer Food Service Programs, which impact more than 31 million kids daily. The law expired on Sept. 30, 2009, and Congress extended it through this September. Should the new legislation get passed, for the first time, the USDA will be setting a national standard for all foods sold in schools, in accordance with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. For the first time, ever.
"A majority of Senators and House Members from both parties have publicly called for swift passage of a robust proposal, and I urge Congress to provide the resources that we need to support these important programs," Mrs. Obama told the chefs. "It’s important that we keep the momentum going and we pass this bill this year."
Far more than funding...
The new reauthorization is not merely about funding school food programs; it also has components that match recommendations from the Report from the White House Task Force On Childhood Obesity, which was released last month. In addition to bringing nutrition guidelines for all of America's schools into the 21st century, the legislation mandates wellness policies and programs, ways to procure healthier foods for schools, such as farm to school sourcing, nutrition education in schools, improved training and technical assistance for school food professionals, and support for mothers with infants. It's a profound change from current guidelines, and much needed.
If the bill doesn't get passed, America's kids are doomed to begin a new school year with the same unhealthy, outdated standards in place. The bipartisan Ag Committee unanimously approved the bill in March, but there's been no action since. As a side note, the Committee has also failed to take any action on getting Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, President Obama's nominee to lead USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service, confirmed. There's been one hearing for Hagen, which adjourned before completion.
A big response for Chefs Move To Schools
As of Friday morning, 990 chefs and 488 schools had signed on to join Chefs Move To Schools on the USDA website, according to White House Food Initiative Coordinator Sam Kass. The ocean of aspiring violunteers on the South Lawn represented just the start of a new volunteer corps for America's 95,000 schools, and Kass and the First Lady praised them profusely for their willingness to join the campaign.
"I think it's safe to say there have never been this many chefs on the South Lawn," said Kass. "What an amazing day."
"Each of you has so much to offer when it comes to helping our children make healthy choices. You know more about food than almost anyone--other than the grandmas--and you’ve got the visibility and the enthusiasm to match that knowledge," Mrs. Obama said. "You all know how the ingredients we put in our bodies can affect the way we feel, the way we think, and how we grow. This is especially true when we’re talking about our nation’s kids."
Chefs get a policy briefing, too
The superstar American culinary professionals listening to Mrs. Obama make her pitch to the volunteer chef corps included Rachael Ray, Cat Cora, Tom Colicchio, Anne Burell, Ellie Krieger, Marcus Samuelsson and Daniel Boulud. All had attended a morning policy breakfast with the citizen chefs, sponsored by non-profit Share Our Strength. They'd heard from Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and other school food professionals, about the importance of improving school foods for academic success. (Above: Duncan during his remarks)Citing the one in three school drop-out rate before high school graduation, Duncan called healthier school foods "not just an economic issue, but a moral issue," as he spoke about the need for a robust reauthorization, too.
"The truth is that the food that our kids eat does have a direct effect on how they learn. That’s just the truth," Mrs. Obama told the chefs about the need for healthy foods in schools. "So this isn’t a luxury. This isn’t a set-aside. This isn’t a sidebar."
The First Lady frequently notes during her public speeches that "government can't do it all," and that's something she told the chefs as she encouraged them to get involved with Chefs Move To Schools. But with the Reauthorization, government can do something very, very significant.
Since its formal launch at the White House in February, Let's Move! has amped up at an astonishing pace. Mrs. Obama has received major commitments for action for change in food from all the biggest commercial food corporations. She has the support of publicly held and privately funded non profits, such as the multi-billion dollar California Endowment. She has NFL, soccer stars and Olympians, major media entities such as Disney and Nickelodeon (and their celebs), working to help foster the kind of change that will eliminate obesity within a generation. She has mayors and governors, and major bipartisan support on Capitol Hill. The PTA and the School Nutrition Association are big supporters, as are all the major school associations, medical professionals, and the military.
The First Lady has literally traveled the country promoting different elements of the campaign, with visits to Mississippi, Nevada, California and Pennsylvania. Her only official activity with Mrs. Maragarita Zavala of Mexico during the recent State Visit from President Felipe Calderon was a visit to a Maryland Elementary school, to promote healthy eating and fitness. And Mrs. Obama has thrown open the South Lawn to local groups for fitness activities all summer long. Two weeks ago, Mrs. Obama launched Let's Move Outside, a nationwide physical fitness component for the campaign.
Chefs Move to Schools is a terrific project that boosts the entire Let's Move! campaign with a creative, out-of-the-box solution for improving school foods and utilizing limited resources, but Congress acting on the Child Nutrition Reauthorization is critical for dramatically reducing childhood obesity rates.
"This is doable. It’s right there. But we’ve got to make it happen," Mrs. Obama told the chefs about the bill.
As she thanked the chefs for participating in the program, Mrs. Obama noted "The more grownups who are working on behalf of our kids, the stronger they’ll be."
The question now is: Will the grown ups in Congress work on behalf of America's kids?
*Related: Read Mrs. Obama's remarks and watch a video of the launch here. Before the South Lawn event, the chefs had a policy breakfast, sponsored by Share Our Strength. A huge contingent of America's culinary luminaries showed up to join Mrs. Obama for the launch. After, there was a Spring Harvest of the Kitchen Garden; Cat Cora in action is here; Tom Colicchio is in action here; Rachael Ray in action is here. During her remarks, Mrs. Obama gave Kass a special shout out. A Google map of Chefs Move To Schools is here.
*Photos by Obama Foodorama
White House Executive Pastry Chef Bill Yosses' New Cookbook Debuts Today
A peek inside the book after the jump...Executive Pastry Chef Bill Yosses makes culinary history today as the first White House chef to ever publish a non-White House cookbook while still up to his elbows in butter and flour at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Today is the official publication date for the glorious The Perfect Finish, Yosses' new compendium of eighty knock-out recipes culled from his personal repertoire of more than 5,000.
Saturday, June 05, 2010
An Historic Day In Food: Michelle Obama Launches Chefs Move To Schools
All the links to the Chefs Move To Schools posts...
Friday, June 04, 2010
Sam Kass On Chefs Move To Schools
White House assistant Chef and Food Initiative Coordinator Sam Kass blogs about the launch of Chefs Move to Schools:What an amazing day! Today, hundreds of chefs from over 37 states gathered on the South Lawn of the White House in support of the "Chefs Move to Schools" program, a part of the First Lady's Let's Move! campaign to end the epidemic of childhood obesity.
First Lady Praises Sam Kass At Chefs Move To Schools Event
From kitchen table convos to national action plan...During today's launch of Chefs Move To Schools at the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama gave her Food Initiative Coordinator, Sam Kass, a very special shout out, during what was her longest food policy speech to date...
Michelle Obama Hosts Chefs Move To Schools Harvest & Picnic In Kitchen Garden
Like the first Spring Harvest event on June 16 of 2009, this year's included an outdoor picnic for kids who were visiting the White House as First Lady Michelle Obama's garden helpers. But there were a few significant differences...
Tom Colicchio Helps First Lady Harvest & Cook In The Kitchen Garden
First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a special Kitchen Garden harvest and picnic today, in honor of Chefs Move To Schools. Top Chef host Tom Colicchio had a special tete-a-tete with Mrs. Obama, moderated by Food Initiative Coordinator Sam Kass, in the middle of the veggie-pulling. Kass is appearing on an upcoming episode of Top Chef: Washington DC. (above; Kass has his back to camera).But before his chat with the First Lady, Colicchio got up to some cute hi-jinks with a salad bowl...
Rachael Ray in The White House Kitchen Garden
"Everyone wants to have this conversation now"Update: A special video of Ray at the Harvest is here. It also stars Marcus Samuelsson.
Celeb Chef Rachael Ray joined First Lady Michelle Obama and the White House chefs in a special Chefs Move To Schools harvest in the Kitchen Garden after the launch event for the new project. In a brief chat with reporters, Ray called Mrs. Obama's campaign great...
Cat Cora In The White House Kitchen Garden
Today's big South Lawn launch event for Chefs Move to Schools included a special harvest for the White House Kitchen Garden. Food Network celeb chef Cat Cora was on hand to help First Lady Michelle Obama debut the new Let's Move! project, and then joined Mrs. Obama and fellow chefs in a veggie-pulling and outdoor cooking extravaganza.
Transcript & Video: First Lady's Remarks At Chefs Move To Schools Launch Event
Mrs. Obama launches a major new public-private initiative for Let's Move!, with the new national c
hef corps...Under a stunningly hot sun, First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed more than 500 chefs from 37 states to the South Lawn of the White House today to launch Chefs Move To Schools. The chefs had a policy breakfast sponsored by Share Our Strength before hearing from Mrs. Obama at the White House, and they also visited the Kitchen Garden.
Chefs Move To Schools, Google Mapped
As of Friday morning, 990 chefs and 488 schools had enrolled in the Chefs Move To Schools program, according to White House Food Initiative Coordinator Sam Kass. USDA, which will run the new program, created this Google Map to show the national scale of the project. Chefs and schools can sign up for the new initiative here.
Transcript: White House Press Release For Chefs Move To Schools Launch
Chefs Answer the First Lady's Call to Join Let's Move!
Sam Kass, Cat Cora Discuss Chefs Move To Schools On "Morning Joe" - Video
Scarborough suggests "The Sam and Cat Show"...Food Initiative Coordinator Sam Kass and celeb chef Cat Cora hit the morning show air waves while it was still dark at the White House, to discuss today's launch event for Chefs Move To Schools. They appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe, and were quizzed by hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough.
"If your school of your child's school is adopted by Michelle Obama's chefs across America, perhaps you will never see a tater tot again," Brzezinski opens. But then she adds "I love that the White House is getting so immersed in this issue, and the first lady is. God, I think it's great."
Anne Burrell At The White House Chefs Move to Schools Launch Event
The Burrell photo gallery...Food Network celeb chef Anne Burrell, host of Secrets of a Restaurant Chef, was among the bevy of culi luminaries who came to the White House today to help First Lady Michelle Obama launch Chefs Move To Schools.
Chefs Move to Schools Launch: The Share Our Strength Breakfast
The start of "a historic day in food"This morning, before they headed off to the White House to help First Lady Michelle Obama kick off the new Chefs Move To Schools initiative, about 500 visiting chefs from across America gathered at the JW Marriott for a policy-heavy breakfast. It was hosted by Share Our Strength, the biggest non-profit foundation in America that's focused on hunger issues. The chefs got a rousing call to action--and a big dose of gratitude--from the panel of speakers, which inlcluded Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Mrs. Obama's Food Initiative Coordinator, Sam Kass.
Food Network & Bravo TV Celeb Chefs, American Culinary Luminaries Visit White House For Launch of Chefs Move To Schools
The Toque Troops, part 4: Andrés, Boulud, Burrell, Colicchio, Cora, Ray, Samuelsson, Smith...
Windy City Chefs Blow Into Washington To Join Michelle Obama For Chefs Move To Schools
The Toque Troops, part 3
First Lady Michelle Obama will have big support from chefs in her "old" hometown when she kicks off Chefs Move To Schools this afternoon at the White House. Chicago chefs have turned out in force to join the new project, which is the start of a national program that encourages chefs to adopt schools in their home communities.
First Lady Michelle Obama will have big support from chefs in her "old" hometown when she kicks off Chefs Move To Schools this afternoon at the White House. Chicago chefs have turned out in force to join the new project, which is the start of a national program that encourages chefs to adopt schools in their home communities.
Thursday, June 03, 2010
President Says He'll Be Making His Own Obama Foodie Homage In India
President announces November travel plans, and a culinary wish...with video
Share Our Strength Hosts Special Breakfast For Chefs Move To Schools Launch
On the menu: Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Sam Kass, Janet Poppendieck discuss school food policy...
America's leading organization working to end child hunger, Share Our Strength, is deeply involved in the Chefs Move to Schools program, the latest initiative of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! campaign. Tomorrow morning, the non-profit is hosting a special breakfast for the legion of chefs who have been invited to the White House to join Mrs. Obama for the afternoon event that will kick-off the ambitious new program.
America's leading organization working to end child hunger, Share Our Strength, is deeply involved in the Chefs Move to Schools program, the latest initiative of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! campaign. Tomorrow morning, the non-profit is hosting a special breakfast for the legion of chefs who have been invited to the White House to join Mrs. Obama for the afternoon event that will kick-off the ambitious new program.
Tomorrow: Kathleen Merrigan Opens USDA's Summer Farmers Market
Washington, DC: At 10:00 AM Friday morning, Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan will kick off the 15th season of the annual USDA Summer Farmers Market, with an opening day celebration of the theme “In Our Neighborhood." Special guest Chef Eric Ziebold, executive chef of CityZen and Sou’wester at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel, will be on hand for cooking demos.
Today: National Summit of Rural America - Update 1 & 2; Economic Stim Grants Announced
Schedule & livestream link...Updates at bottom of post
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will lead the National Summit of Rural America today in Hillsboro, Missouri. During the day-long event at Jefferson College, Dep. Ag Secretary Kathleen Merrigan, FSIS Deputy Under Secretary Gerold Mande, and Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon as well as other USDA officials will meet with farmers, ranchers, and foresters from around the country to discuss priorities and policies for revitalizing America's rural areas. The White House has sent Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer of the United States, to handle the discussions of boosting rural tech infrastructure into the 21st century. The Twitter hashtag is #ruralsummit.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will lead the National Summit of Rural America today in Hillsboro, Missouri. During the day-long event at Jefferson College, Dep. Ag Secretary Kathleen Merrigan, FSIS Deputy Under Secretary Gerold Mande, and Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon as well as other USDA officials will meet with farmers, ranchers, and foresters from around the country to discuss priorities and policies for revitalizing America's rural areas. The White House has sent Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer of the United States, to handle the discussions of boosting rural tech infrastructure into the 21st century. The Twitter hashtag is #ruralsummit.
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Houston Chefs Join Michelle Obama For Chefs Move To Schools Launch
The Toque Troops, part 2: Recipe for Success crew & a Top Chef Master
Si
x chefs from the Houston area have been invited to the White House to join First Lady Michelle Obama for the big Friday kick-off event for Chefs Move to Schools, a new component of the Let's Move! campaign. In addition to being local luminaries, all the Texas toques are already doing what Mrs. Obama's national initiative will do--teaching healthy eating and healthy cooking in local schools in an effort to combat childhood obesity. And one has a very big fan following, thanks to a recent star-turn on Bravo TV's Top Chef Masters.
Si
x chefs from the Houston area have been invited to the White House to join First Lady Michelle Obama for the big Friday kick-off event for Chefs Move to Schools, a new component of the Let's Move! campaign. In addition to being local luminaries, all the Texas toques are already doing what Mrs. Obama's national initiative will do--teaching healthy eating and healthy cooking in local schools in an effort to combat childhood obesity. And one has a very big fan following, thanks to a recent star-turn on Bravo TV's Top Chef Masters.
Extra Historic Obama Foodie Homage: Obama/Hatoyama Cakes
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has announced that he's resigning, due to his inability to keep a campaign promise to move a US military base out of Okinawa. The ongoing US/Japan battle over the base was satirized in the snack cakes--"manju"--pictured at left. Read all about the now extra-collectible (and bitter) Obama foodie "homage" here.
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Michelle Obama Launches "Let's Move Outside!"
Transcript of First Lady's remarks after the jump...First Lady Michele Obama visited Nevada today with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, to launch a new component of her childhood obesity campaign, the Let's Move Outside! initiative. It encourages kids and their families to use conservation and federally owned recreation spaces for fitness activities.
President Obama Pledges Oil Spill Prosecution; Holder Announces Criminal Investigation
Day 43: POTUS: "We will bring those responsible to justice"... Holder: "We will not rest until justice is done." Transcripts after the jump...
American Culinary Federation Sends 55 Chefs To White House For Chefs Move To Schools
The Toque Troops, Part 1: Full list after the jump
First Lady Michelle Obama will be joined by hundreds of chefs from across the US on Friday, for a big South Lawn kick-off event to launch the Chefs Move To Schools initiative, a new component of her Let's Move! campaign. The American Culinary Federation (ACF) has stepped up and offered 55 pros for the White House chef corps, and they hail from 23 states, DC, and Puerto Rico.
First Lady Michelle Obama will be joined by hundreds of chefs from across the US on Friday, for a big South Lawn kick-off event to launch the Chefs Move To Schools initiative, a new component of her Let's Move! campaign. The American Culinary Federation (ACF) has stepped up and offered 55 pros for the White House chef corps, and they hail from 23 states, DC, and Puerto Rico.
Nevada Visit: Michelle Obama & Sen. Harry Reid Launch "Let's Move Outside!"
Promoting fitness for kids...and some help for Harry
First Lady Michelle Obama will brave scorching temperatures this afternoon when she formally launches Let’s Move Outside!, a new component of her childhood obesity campaign. During an event at Red Rock Canyon, a geologically dramatic conservation area near Las Vegas, Nevada, Mrs. Obama will dash around in the desert heat with local kids, joined by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). Earlier in the day, Mrs. Obama will also give the keynote speech at a women's health event Sen. Reid is hosting in Reno.
First Lady Michelle Obama will brave scorching temperatures this afternoon when she formally launches Let’s Move Outside!, a new component of her childhood obesity campaign. During an event at Red Rock Canyon, a geologically dramatic conservation area near Las Vegas, Nevada, Mrs. Obama will dash around in the desert heat with local kids, joined by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). Earlier in the day, Mrs. Obama will also give the keynote speech at a women's health event Sen. Reid is hosting in Reno.
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