The countdown is on, in three days the end of the American elections will sound!
In the meantime, Laurent Mariotte and Cathleen Clarity, culinary author and American chef, wonder about Europe 1: are the two American candidates different to the point of not practicing the same cuisine?
"Tell me what you eat, I will say who you are" is a slogan that could help American voters choose the future president of the United States of America.
Saturday, Laurent Mariotte received on his show
La Table des Bons Vivants
, the American author and chef Cathleen Clarity to see if the two men are so different from each other ... in the kitchen.
Do they share the same gastronomic vision of America?
Was their childhood punctuated by the same cooking smells?
The answer is no.
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Fast food on one side
Donald Trump is going to be very American cuisine ... but "bad" American cuisine ", explains Cathleen Clarity. Understand by this that the 45th President of the United States is a fan of fast food and that for him, nothing beats a good burger . "I read something that really struck me, he prefers fast food because he feels healthier.
They think it's cleaner. ”Ultimate proof of Donald Trump's passion for the burger: in 2019, the latter had a banquet of 300 hamburgers to receive the winning university football team.
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Lobster on the other
"If Joe Biden were to be a dish it would certainly be a crab cake," comments the author of
Family and Authentic American
Cuisine (Hachette Cuisine).
"Something focused on seafood."
Because if Donald Trump and he both come from the East Coast, Joe Biden was for a very long time governor of Delaware, on the coast.
An experience that undoubtedly influenced his conception of cooking.