How far (left or right) your dining dollars go, Part II: Thomas Keller and the Congressional Wine Caucus.
Writing about Ferran Adria yesterday, we linked to our favorite good food loving Philadelphia liberal blog. But it's been a while since we took a look at our favorite liberal loving Philadelphia good food blog, chef Shola Olunloyo's StudioKitchen which in its last update not only endorsed Barack Obama for President, but earlier in the year recommended the proper way to stew, simmer and boil him, like Jonathan Swift with a thermal circulator.
It was a reminder another quarter's gone by since we've taken a look at the dining dollar donations of the nation's top chefs, and we wondered whether donations have dried up snce the Democratic and Republican nominations had been announced. What's changed? Hillary only gets love from Harlem and the steakhouse crowd that once supported Rudy Giuliani has no love for McCain. So who's giving now?
Restauranteurs...
So we're guessing unlike most chefs and restauranteurs who give to political campaigns, Keller (and you as a customer) actually sees a return on investment in the community. Now if we could just get a reservation to be his customer.
We should note Barack Obama did have an excellent showing this quarter from those a little more hands on with wine bottles. Your tipping dollars totaled $3,298 in small donations from city bartenders across the board, from the Outback Steakhouse to the 21 Club.
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