This is a decadent autumn soup, similar to one we used to serve at the White House. It was so good that people would scrape their bowls to finish it. I like soups for a first course in the fall and winter, in small cream soup bowls. The smaller, handled bowls hold just enough to whet the appetite for the rest of the meal, and it’s a simple and comforting beginning. It would make a great starter for a Thanksgiving […]
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Chef Henry Haller was the Executive Chef at the White House for twenty-one years and through five presidents – Johnson, Nixon Ford, Carter, and Reagan. Though I never had the pleasure of meeting him, I’ve used his cookbook, which he wrote after leaving the White House, many times. Every person who works in the Residence has a unique vantage point from which to view contemporary American history, but Chef Haller may have more to tell than most: he actually lived […]
There’s nothing like an old family recipe to take an ordinary ice cream sundae and turn it into a REAL dessert. This recipe from Dallas has been in the Allman family for over 100 years. It’s a good west Texas farm recipe from the land of tumbleweeds, cattle, and oil wells. Amy Allman Dean, from whom I got this recipe, worked with me at the White House, and our families have been friends ever since. Amy’s grandmother, Cora Amy McMurtry, […]
I love the crisp, clean flavors of Asian food; it has such crunch, color, and so many different textures. It can also be deceivingly simple to make. This is one of my go-to recipes when we’re having friends for dinner. I like to serve it with a vegetarian spring roll to begin, and follow it with an Asian-inspired dessert, like lychee ice cream with homemade fortune cookies. (The fortune cookie recipe is coming soon – have no fear! We’ve had some rollicking […]
