Obama’s Take on Johnnycakes
Long before he would become the 44th POTUS -- or make arugula the unlikely culinary signifier of elitism -- Barack Obama discussed the virtues of the Southern sampler platter at Chicago's Dixie Kitchen and Bait Shop restaurant in Chicago on this 2001 episode of local eats show "Check, Please." He recommends the cobbler.Long before he would become the 44th POTUS — or make arugula the unlikely culinary signifier of elitism — Barack Obama discussed the virtues of the Southern sampler platter at Chicago’s Dixie Kitchen and Bait Shop restaurant in Chicago on this 2001 episode of local eats show “Check, Please.” He recommends the cobbler.
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