Presidential Eats

Michelle Obama’s Idea of a Local Farm Is, Like, So 2004

Michelle at the White House.
Michelle at the White House. Photo: Getty Images

Everyone (well, Frank Bruni, anyway) gave Michelle Obama a tough time when she and Barack went to ever-so-politically-correct Blue Hill for dinner, so who’s going to be the first to knock her for picking herbs with some kids and the wives of 31 heads of state at boring ol’ Stone Barns? Couldn’t she have chosen something sexier, hipper, more cutting edge? One of the urban farms featured in the fall issue of Edible Queens, maybe? Yeesh.

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Michelle Obama’s Idea of a Local Farm Is, Like, So 2004