Here's The Menu Michael Tusk is Cooking for Obama

Michael Tusk is cooking a private dinner for Barack Obama next Thursday for a fundraiser, and you are not invited. Sorry. But there are lots of fun details to share. Tusk has put together a very special menu that showcases his relationships with local farmers at Marin Roots Farm, Straus, Full Belly and a lot of other recognizable names. He's an open fan of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move program, and he says the meal he's cooking will fall in line with her standards. Take a look at all the fancy courses after the hop. It should be a nice lead into Obama's subsequent speech and a reception with Chris Cornell crooning away.

Tortelloni filled with Barinaga Ranch baserri cheese and wild nettle

Poularde in diverse preparations: Roast breast filled with black salsify, savory cabbage; leg fricassee with chanterelle mushroom

Sweet dumpling squash puree and marble potato

Chocolate Cemeux

Straus Family Creamery milk jam and chocolate caramel dentelle

NorCal Farms in the mix: Barinaga Ranch Farmstead Sheep Milk Cheese, La Tercera Farm, Marin Roots Farm, Tierra Farm, Martin Bhournhonesque, Strauss, Full Belly, Riverdog

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