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CAPITAL CULTURE: To-die-for pies just the beginning for White House pastry chef Bill Yosses

CAPITAL CULTURE: Obama pastry chef the Crustmaster

FDA to ban sale of raw Gulf oysters to fight bacteria; restaurants, harvesters cry foul

FDA to ban sale of raw oysters from Gulf of Mexico

Monterey Aquarium seafood guide goes ’super green’ with focus on human and ocean health

LOS ANGELES — A campaign to persuade consumers, chefs and food distributors to choose seafood that is healthy for people and beleagured ocean fish stocks was launched Tuesday by the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Culinary stars to mourn closing of Gourmet magazine at New York City chefs’ ‘gathering’

NEW YORK — Some culinary stars are gathering to mourn the death of an old friend — Gourmet magazine.

With Brazilian black-eyed peas and Honduran enchiladas, White House menu goes Latin for a day

WASHINGTON — Tuesday night’s Fiesta Latina concert at the White House wasn’t just a chance to showcase Latin music. The White House brought in guest chef Maricel Presilla to help tell the pan-Latin story through finger food.

NYC’s famed Four Seasons restaurant gets new chef _ an Italian culinary star

NEW YORK — New York City’s famed Four Seasons restaurant, which invented the “power lunch,” has a new executive chef.

Renowned British chef Blumenthal apologizes to diners ill after eating at his restaurant

LONDON — Chef Heston Blumenthal has apologized to diners who fell ill after eating at his celebrated Fat Duck restaurant — and has invited them back for a free meal.

Lincoln, Grant, others have slept in Pittsburgh _ but not at once; G-20 poses a new challenge

PITTSBURGH — The Prince of Wales slept here. So did Abe Lincoln. And Teddy Roosevelt and Ulysses S. Grant. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev during the Cold War. More recently: Bill Clinton and John McCain.

MEMO FROM MARTHA’s: Chef trades kitchen knives for irons to golf with duffer-in-chief

OAK BLUFFS, Mass. — A day after playing golf with the chairman of the UBS banking giant, President Barack Obama hit the links with an assistant White House chef during his Martha’s Vineyard vacation.

White House chef says picking garden vegetables just like preparing food in native Philippines

MANILA, Philippines — For the White House chef, serving homegrown vegetables straight from the garden is just like preparing food in her native Philippines — healthy and simple.

Campus cuisine: More dorm cooking and individualized dining hall takeout

Once upon a time, eating in a college dorm meant soup in a hotpot or getting pizza delivered. The most interesting thing about the campus dining hall was often the salad bar.

The good, the bad, the tweens: Obama savors chef’s pies, quakes at Camp David gaggle of girls

WASHINGTON — Finally, something that intimidates President Barack Obama: a bunch of tween girls.

The good, the bad, the tasty: Obama savors chef’s to-die-for pie; grates at ’shine police’

WASHINGTON — Now it can be told: President Obama says one of the best-kept secrets at the White House is the pastry chef’s to-die-for pie.

NY restaurant uses group of Italian-born grandmothers for authentic menu

NEW YORK — Now that’s Italian! A Staten Island restaurant is relying on a group of Italian-born grandmothers for its menus. The women take turns cooking at 35-seat Enoteca Maria, using recipes from the different parts of Italy they come from.

CAPITAL CULTURE: In Obama era, everyone’s a foodie _ and hanging on the prez’s every bite

At the bustling Pi pizza restaurant in St. Louis, the staff has come up with a new mantra: “It’s just pizza!”

400,000 visitors boogied less, ate less, spent less away from New Orleans Jazz Fest

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival — which gives music fans plenty to celebrate — did not offer the city’s tourism industry as much to cheer about this year.

Winners of the 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards

The winners of the 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards include: