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Michelle Obama

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Why Is Florida the Only State With Its Own Chef?

    ​The Lifestyle section of yesterday's Washington Post via the Associated Press gave a shoutout to our state as the only one with its own chef. Justin Timineri is "on the cusp of celebrity," this "cheerleader of Florida food."  Why celebrity? As a spokesperson for one of the top three farming ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 2, 2012

    Sunfish Grill in Fort Lauderdale: Terrific Cuisine in a Fading Icon

    ​The Lifestyle section of yesterday's Washington Post via the Associated Press gave a shoutout to our state as the only one with its own chef. Justin Timineri is "on the cusp of celebrity," this "cheerleader of Florida food."  Why celebrity? As a spokesperson for one of the top three farming ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    School Lunch Changes Mean Fewer Animal Crackers and No Canned Fruits

    ​No more animal crackers for iron at your kid's cafeteria. In the first overhaul of school food in 15 years, all schools must be in compliance with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's school food rules by July 1. Florida schools have prepped for the changes by switching control of the school lunc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Michelle Obama: FLOTUS Goes to Baskin Robbins, Target, Petco (Video)

    Michelle Obama shops at Target​News flash - the First Lady is like every other red-blooded American woman - she runs out to Target, Starbucks and Baskin Robbins as often as possible.In an interview on The Today Show, Michelle Obama admitted that she sneaks out to Target, Starbucks, Baskin Robbins ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Obama Lunches at Good Stuff Eatery for Birthday

    Goo Stuff EateryDidi POTUS eat an Obama Burger at Good Stuff Eatery today?​President Barack Obama took his staff to Good Stuff Eatery for a pre-birthday lunch celebration after debt negotiations were finished.According to NBC's Washington bureau,  President Obama, who turns 50 tomorrow, waite ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Michelle Obama and USDA Say Food Pyramid Out, My Plate In

    flckr/ Rapid City Public LibraryThis food pyramid is old news. America, it's time for a new food lesson...​ Remember that food pyramid you learned about in grade school and kept seeing around the place? Well, it's outta here. The United States Department of Agriculture has launched a new visual i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2011

    Make Love, Not Warhammer

    flckr/ Rapid City Public LibraryThis food pyramid is old news. America, it's time for a new food lesson...​ Remember that food pyramid you learned about in grade school and kept seeing around the place? Well, it's outta here. The United States Department of Agriculture has launched a new visual i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Fake Lady Gaga Is Really Calvary Chapel Singer Amy N. Evans

    Gaga? Not so much.​The woman who sent a gaggle of South Floridians scrambling for their cell-phone cameras earlier this week -- the one a P.R. rep from Guess claimed was Lady Gaga shopping in her store -- is actually a Christian singer from Fort Lauderdale.Amy N. Evans, a singer at Calvary Chapel, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Michelle Melt: A Recipe by Spike Mendelsohn

    ​Earlier this week, we interviewed Top Chef cheftestant spike Mendelsohn. If you missed the interview, you can catch it here and here. Since Spike's restaurants are in Washington D.C., he's named this delicious patty melt after First Lady Michelle Obama. Enjoy the recipe.       ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Interview With Chef and Top Chef Cheftestant Spike Mendelsohn - Part I

    Laine Doss​Spike Mendelsohn, the tall-hat-wearing, red-bearded contestant on Top Chef Season Four and Top Chef All-Stars, happens to own two fast-casual restaurants in D.C., We the Pizza and Good Stuff Eatery. Both restaurants buck the "fast food as junk food" concept and offer healthy farm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Michelle Obama Saves the World From Ronald McDonald, Burger King, KFC and Sarah Palin

    Flickr/Donkey Hokey​Taiwanese animators NMA have released a video that shows First Lady Michelle Obama as a superhero (in green tights, cape and stylish, yet sensible ballet flats) fighting off Colonel Sanders, Ronald McDonald and The Burger King with bananas as they roam the streets of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    President Obama's Official State Dinner Menu

    The White House Setting up for the State Dinner​Last night, President and Mrs. Obama hosted an official state dinner for President Hu of The People's Republic of China.  225 guests attended the dinner, held in The White House. Of those guests, only 20 were actually in the same r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Did Ritter Entertain Obama At The Diplomat With Campaign Money?

    Did Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter use her campaign fund to help her gain sway with the Obama Administration in the hopes of getting a plum job in the White House? People forget that once upon a time it was supposedly a done deal that Mrs. Ritter was headed to Washington. &n ... More >>

  • Music

    October 7, 2010

    Sara Bareilles Brings Piano Pop to Revolution

    Did Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter use her campaign fund to help her gain sway with the Obama Administration in the hopes of getting a plum job in the White House? People forget that once upon a time it was supposedly a done deal that Mrs. Ritter was headed to Washington. &n ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 30, 2009

    Much Better Than Easter

    Did Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter use her campaign fund to help her gain sway with the Obama Administration in the hopes of getting a plum job in the White House? People forget that once upon a time it was supposedly a done deal that Mrs. Ritter was headed to Washington. &n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Does Michelle Obama Have "Thick Rhinoceros Skin"?

    Just before the 2000 presidential election, Robert Watson, associate professor of American studies at Lynn University in Boca Raton, decided to rally his fellow presidential scholars and collaborate on The Report to the First Lady, a 200-page book of advice for the incoming woman in the White House. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    My Inauguration Photo Album Full of Obama Droves, Celebrity Specks And Snipers

    It is hard to overstate how crowded it was on the National Mall Sunday. I've been to New York City.  I've been to Disney World. I've been to Phish concerts. But to be one amongst nearly a million human bodies is oddly disconcerting. Especially because it seemed like a good thirty percent of tho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2008

    Come Get Funky With Obama

    It is hard to overstate how crowded it was on the National Mall Sunday. I've been to New York City.  I've been to Disney World. I've been to Phish concerts. But to be one amongst nearly a million human bodies is oddly disconcerting. Especially because it seemed like a good thirty percent of tho ... More >>

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