Deborah Solomon always delivers the goods. The President’s Chef has a new book out, and the NYT Questions feature pulls some of the strangest quotes we’ve seen. As if you needed help, the wierdest stuff is in bold:
…It doesn’t sound as if the Bushes believe in dieting.
No. It’s a personal choice. I think we’re too conscious about what we see and what we read in the newspaper, rather than thinking for our own.
Is that why some of your recipes call for canned vegetables?
As far as nutrition is concerned, canned or frozen vegetables have more nutrition than fresh vegetables. It’s added from the companies, the manufacturer.
I guess you see the current president and the rest of the Bush clan mostly in Maine. Do you have to get up at midnight if someone wants a sundae?
Mrs. Bush doesn’t like midnight snacks. After dinner, nobody should go back to the kitchen until the next morning for breakfast. After dessert, the kitchen is secured. She is strict about that.
What about his drinks?
When he asks for a vodka on the rocks, it’s our guys who mix it from our own supply that we have to bring all the way around the world with us. Nobody knows that.
…except millions of NYT readers.
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