White house thanksgiving menu recipes 2012 abc news. Dialing back sugar and amping up flavor is a new cookbook, cowritten by yosses and peter kaminsky and featuring. Press down around the edges with your fingers to seal and tuck any excess dough under the edges. In this memoir, roland mesnier, pastry chef to five presidents, recalls the stunning desserts he created for white house state dinners, formal events, and family celebrations. She begins just in time to spearhead the always highly anticipated holiday gingerbread house. Bill yosses, a restaurant owner and former pastry chef at the white house from 20062014, said to the huffington post, its like being a hotel chef, a private chef and a restaurant chef all.
Big ben cookies for hillary, lime sorbet for nancy. White house chefs and other staff presidential food. See more ideas about food recipes, food and home recipes. The white house is pleased to announce that susan e. The former white house pastry chef for presidents george w. When first lady michelle obama called a meeting of the white house cooking staff, executive pastry chef bill yosses thought his job was in trouble. Former white house pastry chef roland mesnier created president reagans chocolate mousse cake, which was served at the christian womens jobs corps of madison county circles luncheon on nov. Delicious carrot cake recipe from former white house pastry chef, bill yosses. Every year, vincent horville, executive chef of the metropolitan club of the city of washington d. Chef ramsdell worked at the white house as pastry assistant to chef mesnier during the clinton and george w. A former white house pastry chef reveals the lowsugar desserts the obamas. As a former white house volunteer from 19801988, i loved reading roland mesniers book, all the presidents pastries. Verdon produced a cookbook titled the white house chef cookbook, first published in 1965. Coming this fall former white house chef, roland mesnier, shares pastry techniques and recipes from inside the white house kitchen.
Susie morrison will serve as the next white house executive pastry chef. Inspired by the updated version of creating the sweet world of white house desserts from roland mesnier, former white house pastry chef, we rounded up some of. It is much more than a book of recipes, but a journey of white house pastry chefs life that took him to the white house for 25 years and his relationships with 5 presidents and their families. Bush and barack obama presents a healthy, delicious collection of dessert recipes. Verdon tells lighthearted tales of his time in the white house as. Susan morrison to take over as white house pastry chef. Morrison is the seventh person and first woman to serve in this role. Use a pastry brush to moisten the edges of the bottom pie crust with some of the egg white. Susan morrison will become the firstever female executive pastry chef, the white house announced, in charge of planning, creating and supervising. White house holiday recipes from the obamas top chefs vogue. Bill was the white house executive pastry chef from 2007 to 2014, where he collaborated with first lady michelle obama on her lets move. It is a digital cookbook and cooking guide alike, available on all platforms. As executive pastry chef at the white house for twentyfive years, roland mesnier has been responsible for creating thousands of elegant, delicious confections.
A longtime white house pastry chef is offering up some more of his sweet secrets. Serve the steak, peppers and onion right from the pan, setting it on a hot pad, with the tortillas, condiments, and cilantro sprigs. The white house executive pastry chef operates as a separate entity, but coordinates with the executive chef for all meals and events. See more ideas about recipes, celebrity recipes, retro recipes. In this memoir and cookbook, roland mesnier, executive pastry chef to five presidents, tells the story behind each of the holiday gingerbread houses he created for display in the white house state dining room. Sure enough, he does use all sorts of fancy moulds and cuts the cakes into extravagant shapes, but if you have no time for this, nothing is going to stop you from using an ordinary loaf tin instead. The white house historical association published mesnier and fellow chef mark ramsdells latest book, creating the sweet world of white house desserts. First ladies favorite recipes of all time readers digest. This new volume will, like the first, include commentar. Michelle obamas first meeting with the white house cooks was nerveracking for the pastry chef, bill yosses. Then reroll to rounds about 12 inches in diameter and 316 inch thick about the thickness. To land the job of first chef you definitely need culinary chops. Pastry chef at the white house the washington post.
The executive chef has no purview over any of the desserts or pastries served at the white house. And since the president is such a pielover, the white house executive pastry chef bill yosses will be preparing six different kinds of pies. Time 1 hour 30 minutes, plus overnight refrigeration. Mesnier with laura bush at the white house in 2003.
After significant research by the executive chef, the pastry chef, their staffs, and the white house social staff, a menu is developed that is appropriate for the proposed social event. Executive pastry chef roland mesnier provides behindthescenes insight into the characters and. Former white house pastry chef amps up flavor in new dessert. Note it makes use of lard, the secret of all great pastry. On a lightly floured surface, roll out both disks of dough to a 14inch thickness and fold in half. Aubrie pick clarkson potterpublishers by amy scattergood staff writer. The presidential sweet tooth white house historical. Luke frazzagetty images i looked at the other chef and said. Chef, roland mesnier, shares pastry techniques and recipes from. Pastry chef roland mesnier has updated the version of the fruitcake made at the white house for many years. A crazygood recipe, huge with lemon flavor, and keeps forever in the fridge. The white house pastry chef revamps sweets the new york. These domestic, homey sweets barely scratch the surface of the complex, intricate world of cooking at the white house. It is much more than a book of recipes, but a journey of white house pastry chefs life that took him to the white house for 25 years and his relationships with 5.
White house pastry chef bill yosses created this apple pie recipe for the. Over 500 recipes are interspersed with happy anecdotes of his time in the kennedy white house interacting with the first family. This former white house pastry chef serves up some. Former white house pastry chef amps up flavor in new. The project gutenberg ebook of the white house cookbook. Andre rush was grilling baby leeks and squash outside the west wing on tuesday, when some reporters snapped photos of him and posted them on twitter. What came to be was a program to get people to think about food, the source of their food and eating in a healthier way.
First published in 2011, the popular book was reprinted three times and is now sold out. Exwhite house chef roland mesnier spills secrets the. Bill was the white house executive pastry chef from 2007 to 2014, where he collaborated with first lady michelle obama on her. Chefs and cooks played an important part in preparing desserts for white house dinners and receptions, but presidents also turned to outside help for more elaborate confections and pastries. Chef mesnier also provides stepbystep instructions and templates for constructing and decorating a gingerbre. Until the establishment of the permanent position of white house executive pastry chef in 1979, white house sweets came from a variety of sources.
Delightful cookbook written by the french chef that jackie kennedy brought to the white house. During our white house years together, roland could work his magic for a small family gathering or a dinner for six hundred. The white house cook book, hugo zieman cookbook, mrs f l gillette cook book, antique 19 cook book, vintage white house book, gift for chef bobocollected 5 out of 5. A recipe book written by a white house pastry chef might seem a little daunting, but roland mesnier makes the job of baking so easy. From white house pastry chef to sweeney todd, bill yosses. Chefs outside the west wing prepping for tonights white house iftar. This is the mantra of bill yosses, a former white house pastry chef, and his secret to baking indulgent yet wholesome desserts that truly satisfy.
He developed the first professional pastry program in the washington, d. Interview former white house pastry chef roland mesnier. Roland mesnier served as the executive pastry chef at 1600 pennsylvania ave. Remove the top dough from the freezer and place over the fruit. It is an incredible privilege to serve as the first woman executive pastry chef at the white house. Get the recipe for a chocolate pear cake from bill yosses. In this new book, mesnier, who served five presidential families from 19792006, reveals the secrets of his pastry. Chef roland mesnier 26 years of white house service to. Everything he ever prepared was made with love and an unfaltering dedication to the art of pastry making and the highest standards of his profession. I always doublechecked and triplechecked the recipes and the. White house announces new executive pastry chef, susan. And while haute cuisine may be a job requirement, the white house chef takes orders, literally, from the prez. The new cookbook from sam kass, who worked in the white house for six years and was the obamas personal chef.
The delicious history of the white house executive chef. This includes state dinners, official dinners, and private entertaining by the first family the executive pastry chef works separate from the white house executive chef and reports. Former white house pastry chef entertains with stories of. The cause of death was reported by his wife to be leukemia. The chef was preparing for the white houses ramadan celebration, but there was only one thing the public seemed to care about. This recipe is adapted from bill yosses, white house pastry chef hope this version is as good as the one being served in the white house. He is the longest tenured white house chef ever pastry or culinary. Her first day of white house work was in 1995, and in 2005, the apprentice replaced the master, becoming the first woman and the first minority to. They said, white house pastry chef bill yosses light, flaky pie crusts have earned him the nickname the crustmaster from president barack obama. Pour the nectarine filling into the prebaked pie shell. Dialing back sugar and amping up flavor, bills mantra treat sugar like salt permeates the healthy recipes inspired by his time spent as the white house pastry chef. Roland mesnier is the former executive pastry chef of the white house.
This fall, the white house historical association will release, creating the sweet world of white house desserts. A pastry chefs secrets, by former white house executive pastry chef roland mesnier and pastry assistant mark ramsdell. Rush retired from the army 18 months ago, and for now, hes consulting and freelancing, cooking for major events at the white house, serving as a guest instructor for military trainings, smoking. Bill yosses was the white house pastry chef from 20072014, hired by first lady laura bush and baking under the obamas working with first lady michelle. The white house executive pastry chef is responsible for the planning, managing and preparing of all desserts and pastries served at the white house, the official residence of the president of the united states.
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