Adapted from Gourmet magazine Serves: 4 Prep time: 40 minutes
Former White House Social Secretary and co-author of Treating People Well with Jeremy Bernard.
Rib Eye and Roasted Tomato Sandwich
Washington is full of steakhouses. You can find other kinds of restaurants, of course, but it’s hard to get around the red-meat-and-potatoes vibe here. Sometimes a good steak hits the spot better than anything I can think of, but there always seems to be more meat than I can eat, and I wind up bringing home a little foil bag of barely-charred steak that screams from the refrigerator, “Use me! I was hideously expensive.” So then what? A big he-man, […]
Birthday Carrot Cake
Birthday Carrot Cake For the Icing:
Birthday Carrot Cake
The former White House social secretaries are a congenial group, and we gather regularly to catch up and pass tales, for much the same reason veterans flock to the VFW: we share an experience that others cannot fully appreciate. I love them all, but one who has a special place in my heart is Ann Stock, who served in the Clinton Administration. During my second week at the White House, feeling overwhelmed by the volume of events in that pre-Christmas, […]
Simply Guacamole
It’s almost Cinco de Mayo, and what would that day be without a little tequila and a killer guacamole? We used to have spectacular Cinco de Mayo parties when I worked at the White House. It was always one of my favorites because people really kicked back and had fun (maybe it had something to do with the tequila shots the butlers served guests as they waited in the receiving line for their photos). Any day that gives me an […]
Meet Lea
