Yellen’s Road Trips Have a Theme: Think Global, Eat Local

We already know Janet Yellen’s ideal lunch date: the late, legendary English economist John Maynard Keynes. And based on her custom as Treasury secretary, we can guess the venue would be a local pub in Keynes’ hometown, Cambridge.

Serving as overseer of the world’s largest economy involves a lot of travel, both domestic and international, and Yellen, 77, has taken care to sample authentic cuisine in the countless meals she’s had on the road over her three-plus years in the job. Making a call on dining options perhaps offers some light distraction as she battles to sell President Joe Biden’s economic program to voters at home and touts it to counterparts abroad.