When Paula Deen and Michelle Obama got together it became clear, the two women had a lot in common when it came to food.
"Well, I did a show with Michelle and I just loved being with her," Deen said. "She probably ate more than any other guest I've ever had on the show —she kept eating even during commercials."
Deen also said, "You know what their favorite foods are — it's hot wings, you know, those kinds of foods that are not necessarily top-of-the-list healthy foods, so she's no different than the rest of us," Deen said. "We love those kinds of foods, we just know that we can't eat them everyday."
Speak for yourself Paula, yes we can.
"She eats poorly," that seems to be the consensus by those who have seen her in action.
At the White House Dossier, Michelle’s has been reported to overeat and overeat and serve unhealthy food to guests again and again, while simultaneously telling others how to eat.
Food writer Marian Burros, working for POLITICO, offers a few samples of Michele's desserts, taken directly from the Burros article.
Napoleon crème brûlée.
A 15-layer carrot cake.
Bittersweet molten chocolate cake with cappuccino ice cream.
Blueberry kulfi and apple.
Strawberry shortcake.
A log-shaped, flourless chocolate cake with a rosemary ganache.
Warm ricotta beignets.
Blueberry sorbet – Note from the author: “She passed up the tiramisu.”
Warm chocolate bread pudding.
Banana cream pie
Key lime pie, bread pudding and banana pineapple cake.
Birthday cake.
Let’s look at some of the appetizers and main courses:
Soft-shell crab cooked tempura style with a ratatouille sauce; an “ethereal lobster burger” with scallop mousse and housemade chips.
Rack of lamb.
Fried green tomatoes, avocado and corn salsa and tomato relish (shared); fried oysters; a hanger steak with fried onion rings and succotash.
Butter poached lobster on butternut squash with a brown butter emulsion; venison au poivre and corn cake.
Watermelon salad with feta; fried oyster po’ boy; followed by samples of other items on the table: seafood crepe, shrimp and grits and buttermilk biscuits.
