What Did The President's Chef Fry, And How Did He Fry It?
An adversarial interview with a White House chef.
The White House is in the business of keeping secrets. Some of these involve surveillance programs or war plans. But often these secrets, protected with such vigor, involve more mundane matters, such as broccoli - or quite possibly Sriracha, by the sound of it, although that's highly speculative. With first lady Michelle Obama under relentless pressure over her diet programs, assistant White House chef Sam Kass, assisted by press attaché Joanna Rosholm, was subjected to the third degree by Bloomberg Politics in a recent phone interview. Below is an edited and condensed transcript.
Bloomberg Politics: What can you tell us about the president’s dinners with his family?