I’m thrilled to have a guest post from my friend Matt Wendel, a wonderful chef who worked for President and Mrs. Bush both at their home in Texas and at Camp David. Matt is primarily known for his Tex-Mex cooking, but you can see from the recipe below that his skills are certainly not limited to South-of-the-Border cooking. This is a perfect midsummer grilling recipe, wherever you’re from! From Matt: This grilled marinated chicken is very tasty and easy to […]
Serves: 8 Prep time: 10 minutes
The Prince of Wales is coming to Washington. What is it about royalty that fascinates us so? In 2005 when Prince Charles and his new wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, visited the White House, there was a staff frenzy from the moment we began to plan the visit. White House administrative types began turning up at routine planning sessions with our British counterparts, asking lots of questions and erroneously referring to the royal couple as “Their Majesties.” The British delegation […]
One of the highlights of a White House Christmas party is a cup of the luscious, velvety, high-octane eggnog. If you’ve never had real eggnog, this is the recipe to use. It’s nothing like the stuff that comes in a paper milk carton in the dairy section of the grocery store, which usually ends up tasting more like the milk carton than like the actual beverage. This is a complex mix of alcohols, cream, eggs, and spices – so rich […]
As I was noodling over what constitutes the perfect Christmas Day dinner, I received a number of recipes from Laura Bush via email. One of her meal suggestions was just the ticket: it used high quality ingredients to create simple and flavorful foods of various textures that complimented each other, and ended a luscious chocolate dessert to round out the experience. This is a quintessential American meal, and would make a satisfying and memorable holiday dinner, whatever your holiday might […]
