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The Sporkful

Reheat: The Pasta That Won Obama Re-Election

The Sporkful

SiriusXM Podcasts

Arts

4.63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Sam Kass shares stories of his time as the Obama family’s chef — cooking on Air Force One, smuggling special ingredients into the White House, and creating a dish that came to be known as 'lucky pasta.'

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey there, Dan here with another reheat for you. The election is coming up in just a few days.

0:07.2

If you haven't voted already, make sure you do. And this week we are bringing you a very special

0:11.1

presidential reheat on the sport. I think I really like this conversation. This is from 2018 with

0:15.9

Sam Cass, who for years was the family chef for the Obamas. He actually worked for the family

0:19.8

before their time in the

0:20.9

White House, went with them to the White House. And as you're going to hear in this episode, Sam is more

0:24.5

than just a great chef. He also cares deeply about nutrition and food policy and was really involved

0:29.5

in those issues in the Obama White House. And as you can imagine, he's got some stories to tell.

0:34.6

Now, if you have an older episode of this workful that you want us to pull out of the deep freezer and reheat. Submit your request, you can send us an email or voice memo at hello

0:42.2

at sporkful.com. Make sure you include your first name, location, and the episode you want us to reheat

0:47.4

and why. All right, here you go. I think one thing that I would do if I were president, first day in office, first executive order,

0:56.0

I would want a jar of kimchi buried in the White House lawn to ferment the old-fashioned way.

1:01.8

That would be the first thing you do?

1:03.9

This is Sam Cass. He was the Obama family's chef during their first six years in the White House.

1:09.3

You could also just like walk out there and bury it, you know, like, dig a hole,

1:12.5

or you have somebody else to it.

1:13.5

You don't need an executive order.

1:14.5

Oh, okay.

1:15.0

All right.

1:15.1

I won't do an exact.

1:15.8

It won't be my exact...

1:16.4

Second is a little bit of an overkill for just a char of kinchie.

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