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BumRushDaShow

(140,914 posts)
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 12:55 PM Aug 28

Carla Hall, Jose Andres, Tom Collicchio and other big-name chefs will be "Cooking for Kamala"

Source: Salon

Published August 28, 2024 1:11PM (EDT)


In her YouTube series “Cooking with Kamala,” Vice President Kamala Harris appeared in the kitchen where she cooked alongside celebrities and cultural figures like Mindy Kaling, who joined Harris to make masala dosa, and former First Lady Michelle Obama, who prepared a family recipe while discussing public health and nutrition.

Now, over 20 celebrity chefs and culinary industry leaders will be “Cooking for Kamala” on Thursday night.

The free, live virtual event, which was organized by California Congressman Eric Swalwell, will be hosted by Padma Lakshmi, of “Taste the Nation” and “Top Chef,” and actor Joel McHale (who just announced he was joining the third season of the hit thriller series “Yellowjackets”).

The sign-up page reads: “Please join the best chefs in the world as they gather online as they introduce you to new recipes of their own AND to recreate one of Kamala Harris' very own recipes!” The planned list of participating chefs reportedly includes Tom Collichio, Carla Hall, José Andrés, Cat Cora, Gail Simmons, Ruth Reichl, Nancy Silverton, Art Smith, April Bloomfield, Nyesha Arrington, Marcus Samuellsson, Chris Bianco and more.

Read more: https://www.salon.com/2024/08/28/carla-hall-jos-andrs-tom-collicchio-and-other-big-name-chefs-will-be-cooking-for-kamala/?in_brief=true

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Carla Hall, Jose Andres, Tom Collicchio and other big-name chefs will be "Cooking for Kamala" (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 28 OP
That is way cool! ananda Aug 28 #1
This is where many people "are" BumRushDaShow Aug 28 #7
I am a big Top Chief fan and will be watching this LetMyPeopleVote Aug 28 #2
Make America Cook Again IronLionZion Aug 28 #3
MACA? lol onetexan Aug 28 #4
Yes Americans can save money and eat healthier IronLionZion Aug 28 #5
i'm with ya. I love Chef Andres & glad Carla Hall is on it as well. onetexan Aug 28 #8
Carla Hall annoys me. LisaM Aug 28 #10
LOL i've heard ppl say that but i like her bohemian style, and i like her recipes. onetexan Aug 28 #12
I think her style is a big put on. LisaM Aug 28 #15
I love Chef Andres, too. Especially since he pulled out of a deal with japple Aug 28 #14
Good stuff. Magoo48 Aug 28 #6
K&R! 2naSalit Aug 28 #9
I really like Chef Jose Andres. He is such a good man. He talks the talk and walks the walk. Gets out there and mitch96 Aug 28 #11
Joy and food. From Kamala's book: betsuni Aug 28 #13
Awesome! iemanja Aug 28 #16
Wow what a line up Figarosmom Aug 28 #17
Sign-up link below! Gaytano70 Aug 28 #18
imma have to tune in for this. top chef was must see tv w my kids. mopinko Aug 29 #19

BumRushDaShow

(140,914 posts)
7. This is where many people "are"
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 01:24 PM
Aug 28

I.e., they are not watching "Morning Joe" or "Rachel Maddow" but are looking at cooking shows and some of those "craft competitions" or "challenges" shows and whatnot, many of which are streaming.

LisaM

(28,456 posts)
10. Carla Hall annoys me.
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 02:41 PM
Aug 28

I just got so sick of her "cooking with Looooovve" schtick and I think she overplays the eccentric appearance card.

LisaM

(28,456 posts)
15. I think her style is a big put on.
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 03:06 PM
Aug 28

However, I don't hate her or anything. I just don't watch her, because I think she is schticky and I don't find anything particularly compelling about her cooking style. I'm sure she's a perfectly fine person.

japple

(10,280 posts)
14. I love Chef Andres, too. Especially since he pulled out of a deal with
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 02:54 PM
Aug 28

tRUMP's Washington hotel after the orange idiot made disparaging remarks about Mexican people.

2naSalit

(92,009 posts)
9. K&R!
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 02:04 PM
Aug 28

I love all these zoom events. It's the technology/platform that will unite us. I was just explaining this to someone, all these zoom calls and they were amazed... only knew about a couple of them and didn't know they were zoom calls.

This is a fantastic phenomena, it's reminiscent of the way Obama was able to use social media to make gains in his '08 election and it was, at the time, revolutionary.

It's a really good sign.

mitch96

(14,584 posts)
11. I really like Chef Jose Andres. He is such a good man. He talks the talk and walks the walk. Gets out there and
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 02:48 PM
Aug 28

feeds people when they need it most. One less thing to worry about in their time of need...
Donate to World Central Kitchen and help him out...
m

betsuni

(27,255 posts)
13. Joy and food. From Kamala's book:
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 02:53 PM
Aug 28

"My mother cooked like a scientist. She was always experimenting -- an oyster beef stir-fry one night, potato latkes on another. Even my lunch became a lab for her creations: On the bus, my friends, with their bologna sandwiches and PB&J's, would ask excitingly, 'Kamala, what you got?' I'd open the brown paper bag, which my mother always decorated with a smiley face or a doodle: 'Cream cheese and olives on dark rye!' I'll admit, not every experiment was successful -- at least not for my grade school palate. But no matter what, it was different, and that made it special, just like my mother.

"Most of our conversations took place in the kitchen. Cooking and eating were among the things our family did most often together. When Maya and I were kids, our mother used to sometimes serve us what she called a 'smorgasbord.' She'd use a cookie cutter to make shapes in pieces of bread, then lay them out on a tray with mustard, mayonnaise, pickles, and fancy toothpicks. In between the bread slices, we'd put whatever was left in the refrigerator from the previous nights of cooking. It took me years to clue in on the fact that 'smorgasbord' was really just 'leftovers.'"

My mother was big on what she called 'smorgasbord' too and those were my favorites. Summer lunches: sourdough bread, Best Foods mayonnaise and Marie's Blue Cheese dressing, mustard, grilled salmon or chicken leftovers, Tillamook Extra Sharp cheese, summer sausage, green onions (we lived for the short sweet Walla Walla onion season), radishes, tomatoes, cucumbers. Bing cherries.

Winter version was a variety of cheeses: Havarti, Port Salut, Gouda, Tillamook of course. Smoked salmon spread, smoked oysters, alder smoked salmon, sour cream and onion dip, crackers and pumpernickel and rye breads. Grapes.

mopinko

(71,597 posts)
19. imma have to tune in for this. top chef was must see tv w my kids.
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 08:43 AM
Aug 29

havent watched it in ages. but we all used to gather around to watch it.

that part about her mom’s ‘experiments’ hits home. despite being huge fans of chopped, my kids hated that i cooked like that. i admit, partly due to my poor tasting practice. but….

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