Breakfast, Fall, Food

The Sweet Sloping Skies Of Montana

My husband and I have been whooping it up at a guest ranch in Paradise Valley, Montana for a week every summer for over twenty years. I believe that heaven must look like southwestern Montana in June, when the upland meadows are covered in wild lupines and dog roses, and the lush green mountain trails climb up and up until you can see all the way to Yellowstone.  We’ve had little adventures here over the years: battling cutthroat trout in […]

Entrees, Fall, Food, Gluten-Free, Tales from the White House

Poached Egg with Prosciutto and Asparagus

A short time after I came to work at the White House, we found ourselves in need of a new chef. I was asked to reach out to well-known American chefs and solicit their recommendations for a new White House executive chef. One of the people I called was Thomas Keller, famed chef and food innovator, owner of French Laundry and Per Se, and author of some of the great cookbooks of our time. He was kind and helpful, and […]