Lunch Break
George W. Bush’s Favorite Cheeseburger Ain’t for Purists
In a new cookbook, the 43rd president’s former chef details cooking for the first family and the dish that inspired “cheeseburger diplomacy.”
Matthew Wendel’s smoky cheeseburger.
Photographer: Bruce WhiteEditor’s Note: As more people are working from home, Bloomberg Pursuits is running a weekly Lunch Break column that highlights a notable recipe from a favorite cookbook and the hack that makes it genius.
A White House cookbook would be a book few people would want to cook from. The grandiose state dinner for Queen Elizabeth II in 2007 that ended with meringue and spun sugar “rose blossoms” is not a meal anyone but a truly dedicated political junky wants to re-create at home.