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What Would POTUS Eat?
I have a piece up today at Doublethink Online, the net version of the magazine that published my Anthony Bourdain profile/interview and article on Chicago’s foie gras ban.
In the article, I take a look at food on the presidential-campaign trail. A snippet:
I first became fascinated by the role food plays in presidential elections in 1992, when then-president George H.W. Bush, who the public perceived as out of touch with everyday America, was campaigning for a second term. Bush cemented the image when he appeared awestruck by a scanner during an appearance at a supermarket, and reinforced it when he was unable to correctly guess the price of a gallon of milk. Nor did it help Bush that his opponent, Bill Clinton, came off as an everyman who had likely committed the menus of McDonald’s, KFC, and Arby’s to heart.
If you dig politics, Brillat-Savarin, or the Saturday morning cartoons of the late 1970s/early 1980s, there’s probably something in it for you. Whole thing here.
