White House Chef Talks Food (with Recipes)

The official White House blog has an interesting new post from Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford in which she discusses the “victory garden” at the White House…and includes a few recipes used in her recent Iron Chef challenge with Bobby Flay.

The White House Kitchen Garden is a perfect example of how easy it is to grow your own fresh fruits and vegetables. It costs less than $200 to plant the garden and in the past few months it has already yielded over 1,000 pounds of produce. We use this fresh produce in meals for the First Family, in dinners for foreign leaders and we donate a good portion of it to Miriam’s Kitchen, a nearby soup kitchen.  The garden is a constant reminder for me that fresh fruits and vegetables really do taste better!

Source: Of Iron Chefs and Healthy Eating — Cristeta Comerford, 1/6/2010