President Obama welcomes President Felipe Calderón of Mexico to the White House for an official State Visit, which will culminate in this evening's State Dinner. Famous Chicago chef, Rick Bayless, will be in he kitchen tonight cooking up what is sure to be an amazing meal!
Caryn Rousseau of the Associated Press reports:
At the first family's request, Chicago chef Rick Bayless has been mum on his menu for the state dinner Wednesday to honor Mexican President Felipe Calderon, though he's dropped some hints:
_ He's preparing a black mole sauce that takes days to make from scratch and includes more than 20 ingredients. "It's a really laborious thing," Bayless said. "But for an event like this nothing is too difficult."
_ Herbs and lettuces from the White House garden will be used in at least one course. "We're not sure exactly what we'll get," he said, "but we'll play around with that ..."
_ For dessert, strawberries picked from a local farm will be involved.
Fittingly, the celebrity chef with three top restaurants in Chicago specializes in contemporary Mexican cooking. He said Mrs. Obama requested the menu secrecy so the first family's 200 guests won't feel as if "they'd eaten the meal before they got there."
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