Former White House chef Walter Scheib does not hold a grudge and does not blame President Bush’s distaste for scallops for his dismissal in August.
A White House official told The Wall Street Journal Scheib was fired because he displayed “a level of arrogance … in preparing dishes the Bush family detested – scallops in particular, which kept appearing on menus despite repeated complaints.”
Scheib told the New York Daily News he was fired by Laura Bush because she “wanted to put her signature on the White House kitchen.” Scheib, hired by the Clinton presidency, added, “there was never any request to take scallops off the menu. If there had ever been any request like that, I can assure you there never would have been a scallop in the building.”
Madonna has teamed with Celebrity Cellars for her signature line of wines, E! Online reports. The wines include a California Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Grigio and a nonalcoholic version called UnWine, all available online at CelebrityCellars.com.
Celebrity Cellars also offers wines featuring the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra and Bob Marley.
– Compiled by Greg Henry from wire and Internet reports
TV slaughter was “responsible”
British celebrity chefs Gordon Ramsay, above, and Jamie Oliver are off the hook for separate incidents of slaughtering animals on their TV shows. Oliver slit a lamb’s throat on his series “Jamie’s Great Escape,” while Ramsay’s “The F Word” featured a butcher killing six turkeys. Both chefs were trying to illustrate where the food on our table comes from. The media regulator group Ofcom ruled both shows treated the issue in a “responsible” manner, according to several British media reports.
