I’m not sure whether cuisine qualifies as art (forgive me, Nero Wolfe!), but either way I had to pass on this, er, delicious item from MidHudsonNews.com:
While Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry and his running mate, John Edwards, and their families were having a “lite” lunch at Wendy’s in the Town of Newburgh Friday, drumming up local support right after the national convention in Boston, their real lunches were waiting on their bus.
A member of the Kerry advance team called Nikola’s Restaurant at the Newburgh Yacht Club the night before and ordered 19 five-star lunches to go that would be picked up at noon Friday. Management at the restaurant, which is operated by CIA graduate chef Michael Dederick, was told the meals would be for the Kerry and Edwards families and actor Ben Affleck who was with them on the tour.
The gourmet meals to go included shrimp vindallo, grilled diver sea scallops, prosciutto, wrapped stuffed chicken, and steak salad. The meals came to about $200….
Sen. Kerry sure didn’t have much luck with that particular Wendy’s, did he? Maybe he should try eating his shrimp vindallo on the record next time. (What is shrimp vindallo, by the way?)