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World Leaders Eating While Rome (And Everywhere Else) Burns?
This was hosted by USA in Washington D.C.
It was not an E.U. event.
The menu was chosen by the host, President George W. Bush.
The G20 are:
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
France
Germany
India
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Russia
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
South Korea
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
E.U. is the 20th member.
The 'palace(s)' where the meeting was held was the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
World Leaders Eating While Rome (And Everywhere Else) Burns?
Was this excessive ? I cannot say. There will always be folks who have more and those who have less. Hoping and working to have more than one now does is what breeds incentive for people to do more and be inventive. What I do know, is that in my opinion only, it is sad that we feel the need to pick at these types of things in this venue. This is a forum for people who love food not a political arena for those who agree or disagree with what one group or another is doing. Hopefully it can revert to or stay that way.
World Leaders Eating While Rome (And Everywhere Else) Burns?
I agree with @stratusgd - other than some swanky bottles of wine, this isn't overly extravagant.
The menu is wonderfully representative of US products and appropriate to the season.
These people are not here to make a political statement by eating Ramen - and as @smallblondemom says - these are our guests.
World Leaders Eating While Rome (And Everywhere Else) Burns?
I think there is a difference between something being served to ourselves and something being served to our guests. On top of which, using American products for this helps the producers of those products. Going back to the Vermont Brie. Did you know Vermont made brie? The next time I make a baked brie wheel I think I'll go American.
Sometimes things have unexpected consequences. Do you know want was the first company hurt by the Lehman Brothers failure? The limo company who provided them with the cars and drivers. They went under within a week of LB going down.
This dinner was not in excess (at least the food--don't know about the wine but I doubt it was $500/bottle unless a Defense Contractor provided it). I think it was appropriate for the occasion, for the level of our guests and in its use of American produce.
World Leaders Eating While Rome (And Everywhere Else) Burns?
I totally agree with Ed Levine. These are extraordinary times we are living in, and excess anything by a public official will surely send the wrong message. I've even heard members of the press kiddingly suggest that Obama should have a portion of his inaugural celebration held at a local soup kitchen.
World Leaders Eating While Rome (And Everywhere Else) Burns?
it just makes me hungry and envious.
World Leaders Eating While Rome (And Everywhere Else) Burns?
I've got to say, compared to the menus of the past, this isn't that crazy.
Baked brie? Yum. Quinoa risotto? I think that was part of a meal a friend cooked last week. Pear Torte? Oooh. A cake (or pie)! Rack of Lamb? Please.
Wine aside (I don't know enough to make fun of that), this is a fairly simple menu for an event like this, and it's astonishing to hear the people are horribly offended by this.
World Leaders Eating While Rome (And Everywhere Else) Burns?
These people work pretty hard. Most of them have been putting in 20 hour days for a long time to get where they are. And while we like to complain about their highfaluttin' lifestyles we also like to complain about everything they do, did in the past and may do in the future. And you know what, a fancy meal doesn't begin to pay for the loss of sleep and family life. Of course the sad thing is, they eat like this all the time and they don't even enjoy it.
Vermont brie served in the USA is not so unusual, it's just showcasing our products to our guests. If you read through the menu carefully you will see that a lot of what makes it look so fancy are the adjectives used to describe the food. Those lovely adjectives we all like so much: ""fruitwood smoked", "Thyme-roasted". "Jus" by another name is gravy.
Believe me, I am disgusted by AIG and other abuses by corporate America as much as the next person. But I don't find this to be outrageous on the same scale as those abuses. Remember Jimmy Carter and his sweater? It didn't make him one of us freezing in our cold homes. I am looking for action and results and if it takes a nice meal to get people together to talk about it then go for it! (Too bad it didn't result in any action!)
World Leaders Eating While Rome (And Everywhere Else) Burns?
It's disgusting. I heard they were toasting themselves with $500 bottles of wine. Are these people so disconnected with reality not to be ashamed as to how this must appear to the poor in the world?? I'm so glad that fool is out of the WH in 2 months!
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This was hosted by USA in Washington D.C.
It was not an E.U. event.
The menu was chosen by the host, President George W. Bush.
The G20 are:
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
France
Germany
India
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Russia
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
South Korea
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
E.U. is the 20th member.
The 'palace(s)' where the meeting was held was the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.