Cindy McCain cooks up some trouble
The knives are out. Yet another candidate's spouse has been caught up in a culinary crisis.
We all remember Cookiegate. Back in 2004, it was discovered that Theresa Heinz Kerry's recipe for pumpkin spice cookies in the First Lady bake-off was not her own. Cue national shock.
Now Cindy McCain is in trouble for recipes posted on the website. Her delicious Ahi tuna? Turns out it was copied directly from the Food Network.
But the McCain team has pulled off the unusual coup of standing the standing the heat and getting out of the kitchen. The site pulled down the recipes then sent this email to the Fact Checker (dreaded truth taskmaster of all the candidates).
Apparently a web intern added Rachael Ray to our policy team without her knowing it. He was swiftly dealt with and the page is down for revision. Our apologies to Food Network -- but according to our press assistant the passion fruit mousse is really worth trying. PS - If we get a Pinocchio on this one I expect him to be wearing a chef's hat
Cue one chef Pinocchio and full marks for campaign humour.
Let's just hope that someone's talking Bill Clinton and Michelle Obama through their bake-off biscuits.
Alice Fishburn
The charge of plagiarism has hung over Presidential campaigns before but its intrusion into the recipes of a potential First Lady, however it got into them, is new to me.
Posted by: Candadai Tirumalai | 16 Apr 2008 13:46:54
At least you got food to eat unlike the poor Afghans and Iraqis you keep shooting at
Posted by: Donulvi Dolam | 17 Apr 2008 01:51:48
That's it. John McCain is by far the most impressive presidential candidate ever - but his wife is a cookie-recipe-ripoff merchant. I'm voting Obama/Clinton, whatever they stand for. No no, you can't persuade me otherwise. It's over. period.
Posted by: Robin Tudge | 17 Apr 2008 09:20:11
Is she also climing Mccain's Chips were her husbands'original receipe ?
Posted by: DKP | 17 Apr 2008 11:49:03
Since when is the fate of our country dependent on a cookie recipe? This is getting a bit ridiculous. What difference does it make who created the recipe? All that's needed to claim a recipe as your own is add more of, or a different flavoring, as an example. BIG DEAL!!!
Comments from a long-time cook/baker.
Posted by: Dorothy Tesch | 18 Apr 2008 02:02:47
Uh.....nobody cares. Oh, and by the way, many people's favorite recipes are either passed down or copied from others.
Posted by: JC | 1 Sep 2008 14:20:48
All I have to say is nice make-up, cookie thief.
Posted by: Sarah | 18 Sep 2008 04:07:32