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SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT
Every New Year’s resolution begins with the key element of hopeful promises. On this New Year’s Day, I also am determined to set a course that abandons the familiar and sails towards integrity and truth. I think it is appropriate that I start with a response to an article that was printed ...
Not Advice, but a Warning
sharonastyk.com — Dear Mr. President-Elect (you can take that last modifier off in 24 hours), I’m not writing this... to give you advice - I think you could heat the White House for the next decade on the printouts of advice that have poured in from the famous, ... (more) Not Advice, but a Warning
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Tempest in a stock pot
Grist - the Latest from Grist — ... In a recent blog post, former White House chef Walter Scheib -- who started under the Clintons in 1994 and stepped down in 2005 -- sets the record straight regarding Comerford and the status quo ante of White House cookery. Scheib knows Comerford well; she served as his assistant for seven years before taking the top job in 2005. Here's Scheib, on his experience as first-family chef: ...

Group urges Obama to eat it
Super Eco News Feed — ... Obama, thankfully, has reappointed Comerford. Former White House chef Walter Scheib speaks to Comerford's record in a letter outlining what went on behind the doors in the White House kitchen: "[N]early all the products used was [sic] obtained from local growers and suppliers, in many cases directly from farm stands and growers ... Both the Clinton and Bush families dined regularly on organic foods. Laura Bush to her credit ... was adamant that in ALL CASES if an organic product was available it was to be used in place of a non-organic product." ...

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