Eat Like a Politician? (Half the Answer #85, with Bennett Rea of Cookin' with Congress)
What was Andrew Jackson's favorite gelatin-based meal? Why did Hilary Clinton feel a deep and urgent need to tell everyone about her fantastic chocolate chip cookie recipe? Did Ronald Reagan really eat that many jelly beans? We answer these questions and more with Bennett Rea, creator and host of Cookin' With Congress. Plus a little taste test!
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Cookin’ with Congress
I’m on a mission to recreate real recipes by real politicians at the expense of my tastebuds. I recreate vintage recipes, modern political recipes, and all the bad food from Congress, the President, governors and every politician in between.
Cookin’ with Congress
Politics is COOKED. 🇺🇸 750,000+ followers on IG, FB and TikTok. Featured on NPR, PBS, Food & Wine and in your nightmares. Cookin’ with Congress started as my exploration of the favorite foods and homespun recipes of America’s most trusted, beloved, and dignified group of people: politicians. The show expanded to eating like presidents, governors, first ladies and even you wonderful people. Now, the video series garners 20 million views a month and has been featured on NPR, CBS Sunday Morning, Eater, The Los Angeles Times and more, blending history, satire, fun, education, joyous disgust and a true love for everyday folks while roasting (sometimes literally) the foods of powerful politicians. When I was six years old, I wanted to be the President of the United States and a chef at the same time. This is close enough. Want to get in The Kitchen Cabinet? Go to patreon.com/cookinwithcongress for free access to virtual cocktail class, submissions ideas and much, much more.
Cookin’ with Congress Newsletter | Bennett Rea | Substack
Politics is COOKED. Stay up to date with recipes, storytelling and more from your favorite (only?) history-politics-food-comedy-education series. Click to read Cookin’ with Congress Newsletter, by Bennett Rea, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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