National Review: White House Chef

By JULIETTE ROSSANT While the Philippines continues to rejoice over the choice of Cristeta Comerford (see recent article in AsianWeek), it seems that The National Review is still getting its head around the concept. Of course, NR carefully chose a woman to write the article -- a Cato veteran named Carrie Lukas, who leads with a predictable right-wing put-down: A woman president — it’s the dream of every politically obsessed feminist. Yet in ABC’s new drama, Commander in Chief, the real fantasy is the sexist world the new woman president confronts. Interestingly, the White House chef figures in the new series -- posing menu questions to the President's husband (doesn't that sound great? "president's husband"?), whose ego is already a bit bruised at playing "Mr. Thatcher" (and perhaps one day "Mr. Clinton" to Hilary's "President Clinton"?). In any case, Commander in Chief provides a nice break from Kitchen Confidential -- and from National Review's crabbing, for that matter. Meanwhile and more importantly, superchefblog wonders: has Cris Comerford offered the President a full Filipino menu yet -- or at least some lumpias? Previous articles: Kitchen Confidential: Spiceless Cristeta Comerford: First White House Woman Chef [complete White House Chef coverage] [complete Food Television coverage] Technorati Tags: superchefblog, super chef, celebrities, chefs, food, restaurants, cooking, branding, cuisine --> back to superchefblog