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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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- The List: OFA's 2012 Campaign Co-Chairs
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- $500 K In Prizes For ASAP Innovation Contest
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- "Dinner with Barack and Michelle"
SNL Spoofs Let's Move!
A White House Sitcom About Health & Fitness
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
VP Wine & Dine: Biden & Xi
Lunch And Dinner In DC
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
Steak Reigns Supreme At White House Dinners
A Presidential Beefstravaganza
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A Pocket Guide To The Campaign
Let's Move!: A Primer
Let's Move! In Los Angeles
First Lady Touts Grocery Stores For "Underserved Communities"
White House Recipes
- Winter Green Salad, Honey Vinaigrette
- White House Zucchini Quesadillas
- White House Winter Garden Salad
- White House Whipped Sweet Potatoes
- White House Turkey Patties
- White House Turkey Lasagna
- White House Sweet Potatoes & Greens
- White House Roasted Apples With Blue Cheese
- White House Passover Recipe Collection
- White House No-Cream Creamed Spinach
- White House MyPlate: Vegetable Fried Rice
- White House MyPlate: Seared Tilapia
- White House MyPlate: Broccoli & Carrots
- White House Mini Cookbook - 5 Recipes
- White House Lunchbox Recipe: Whole Wheat Pasta Primavera With Grilled Chicken
- White House Lunchbox Recipe: Chef In A Pocket
- White House Kalua Pig
- White House Iron Chef Recipes
- White House Holiday Gulf Shrimp Cocktail
- White House Grilled Garden Pizza
- White House Garden Vegetable Pizza
- White House Egg Frittata
- White House Cucumber Avocado Soup
- White House Cauliflower Gratin
- White House Broccoli Soup
- White House Biggest Loser Salad
- White House Baked Chicken With Brown Rice & Peas
- Seared Lamb Loin On Chickpea Puree
- Roasted Pumpkin Squash Soup with Pepitas
- Pan Roasted Rockfish With Artichoke Barigoule
- Oprah's White House Recipe Collection
- Obama Family Chili Recipe
- Kitchen Garden Pickles
- Kitchen Garden Herb Roasted Chicken With Braised Greens
- Holiday Roasted Potatoes
- First Family Recipe: Salmon Croquettes
- Father's Day 2011 Collection
- Couscous With Chard, Tomatoes & Sardines
- Chopped Green Salad With Herbed Dressing
Downloadable Mini Cookbook
Five First Family Favorites
White House Dessert Recipes
- Yosses' Mamie Eisenhower Cheesecake
- White House Key Lime Pie
- White House Halloween Cookies
- White House Apple Pie
- Sweet Potato Pie With Honey Meringue
- Sparkling Merry Berry
- Rhubarb Strawberry Crisp
- Orange Yogurt Cake With Baked Apples
- Holiday Recipe Collection
- Holiday Pumpkin Cake With Orange Cream Cheese Icing
- Holiday Honey Cupcakes
- Holiday Gingerbread Cookies
- Holiday Apple Cake With Maple Glaze
- Healthy Baked Apples
- Gingerbread Cake
- Fruit Pockets
- Fruit & Oat Snack Bars
- Frozen Orange Soufflé
- Cranberry Upside-Down Cake
- Blackberry Buttermilk Bundt Cake
- Birthday Shortcake With Strawberries
- Berry Cobbler
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
The Alfalfa Club Dinner
Prestige, Protest, & Jokes
Not The Food Stamp President
Obama Debunks GOP "Crazy" Talk
First Lady's 48th Birthday Party
Steak & Cake For Presidential Fete
Behind The Scenes At "Dinner With Barack"
Lights! Cameras! French Fries!
$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!
Correcting "The Obamas"
First Lady's Food Initiatives Downplayed In New Book
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 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
Shine, Give, Share...
First Lady Unveils Holiday Decor
Making School Meals Healthier
First Lady Pledges "Bold Steps"
Exclusive Behind-The-Scenes Details
The Author Tour, The Ad Campaign, The Pros Who Lent A Hand...
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
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President Pardons Liberty & Peace
2011 Thanksgiving Ceremony
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
Pop Culture President
Obama Samples A Regional Soda...
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...
Kitchen Garden Fall Harvest
First Lady Hosts First Let's Move! Tweetup
Combating Food Deserts, Creating Jobs
Parsing The First Lady's Massive New Corporate Commitments
Deficit Demolition: President's Plan To Change Ag Subsidies
Taxpayers Will No Longer "Foot The Bill" For Farmers
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
Illinois Ideas
President: Let's Move! Is Great For U.S. Farmers
Inside President's 50th Birthday Party
Guests Go On The Record...
Home In The Heartland
A Hero's Welcome & Tough Questions
Food Stamps Boost The Economy
Vilsack's Stimulating Assertion
Martha's Vineyard 2011 Dinner Report
A Threepeat For Presidential Eats
Let's Move! With Burgers & Fries...
The President Explains The Campaign...
The Big Black Bus, Built For Speed
No Logo, Armored, Hi-Tek...
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 Giants Unveil Ad Standards For Kids
The Response To Obama Admin's Proposal
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
Presidential Father's Day
Ice Cream Celebration In Georgetown
First Lady Unveils MyPlate
Healthy Eating Gets Easier With New Food Icon
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
2011 WH Easter Egg Roll
First Lady Cooks With Jacques Pépin
Third Annual Seder
President, First Lady Celebrate Passover
Kitchen Garden, Ready For Spring
First Lady Hosts Planting Party
FLOTUS On Fat & Fiscal Policy
How Fighting Obesity Saves The Economy...
Obama's Digital Dinner
No Tweeting, No Facebooking...
Was Let's Move! A History Maker In Year One?
First Lady's Team, Historians, Experts Weigh In
Let's Move! Anniversary
First Lady Talks Food Policy At Reporters Luncheon
Power To The Parents
First Lady Speaks On Let's Move! Anniversary
2011 Presidential Super Bowl Menu
Featuring White House Honey Ale!
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 at National Prayer Breakfast
- 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
- 2010 White House Menorah
- 2010 Presidential Turkey Pardon
Let's Move! Stars & Stripes Briefing
First Lady Visits Ft. Jackson To Tout Healthy Eating & Fitness
It's A Long Way From '09 to '11
Obama Food Policy Since Inauguration Day
China State Dinner Menu
"Quintessentially American"
China State Dinner
The Glam Guest List
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
Japan: The Great Buddha & Green Tea Ice Cream
President Revisits Childhood
India State Dinner For Obama
New Delhi Details, From Menu To Guests
India: Singhing AT Supper
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Dinner For President Obama
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
The First State Dinner 2009
The Menu, The Wine, The China, The Flowers...
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
Obama Foodie History: The Obama-Lincoln Birthday Bicentennial Portrait
Click to read about artist Zilly Rosen's 5,900 cupcake installation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
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
- Team of Rivals, By Doris Kearns Goodwin
- 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