Is baking that bad?
Apparently it's something Republican men won't be caught dead doing, at least judging by the responses to Yankee Magazine's cookie primary. While many of the Democratic candidates took ownership of their entrees — "Senator Biden's Favorite Oatmeal Raisin Cookies," "Dodd Family Christmas Cookies" and "Bill and Barbara Richardson's Biscochitos" — none of the major Republicans admitted to having a cookie recipe.
Instead, each distanced himself by sticking the recipe in the name of his wife: "Jackie Tancredo's Frosted Chocolate Drops," "Mrs. Romney's Welsh Skillet Cakes," "Carol Paul's Apricot-Coconut Balls," "Cindy McCain's 3-Minute No-Bake Cookies," "Jeri Thompson's Grandmother's Sugar Cookies," and "Mrs. Huckabee's Snickerdoodles."
Rudy Giuliani doesn't have an entry, nor does Duncan Hunter.
On the Democratic side, it's worth knowing the sole female candidate submitted her own recipe for "Hillary Clinton's Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies." But we can probably guess the recipe isn't hers, based on her infamous 1992 line that she is "not one to sit at home baking cookies."
— Stephen Dinan, national political reporter, The Washington Times
Comments (4)
Whoever bakes them, I hope they are sending them to our troops.
Posted by Larry Stone | November 28, 2007 1:42 AM
Recipes from candidates?
This pre primary frolicking is getting out of hand. We are getting bored before the first primary! Come on. Stick to the issues. Why even clutter up the news with such trivial stuff?
Posted by Victor Cuvi | November 28, 2007 7:05 AM
Hey, how about lets bring the troops home and let them sit at the table and eat cookies. The best way to protect our people in harms way is to get them out of harms way. I support our troops, lets impeach the terrorists!
Posted by michael deas | November 30, 2007 7:11 AM
I think this cookie contest is a clever idea. Seeing as our choices for presidential candidates are all pretty poor, we might as well decide who to vote for based on their recipes!
Posted by Nicole | December 11, 2007 11:32 AM