Well, its one way to get an Oscar
A delightful unexpected dish, was on the menu when brilliant American superchef Wolfgang Puck was at his 20.21 restaurant at the Walker Art Center, Minnesota.
The restaurateur, celebrity chef and voice of Chef Smurf in an upcoming Smurfs movie, launched his Open Bar & Grill, an outdoor addition to already-existing 20.21 restaurant, because “people in Minnesota love to eat outside,” he confided.
And he signed copies of his latest cookbook, “Wolfgang Puck Makes It Easy
“Is Kelsey Grammer a Republican? I didn’t know that,” said Puck, who noted that politically, “I go both ways,” he said in that charming Austrian accent.
But he’s married to one — Gelila Assefa Puck, a clothing designer and philanthropist. She’ll instantly get the T’s fashion joke, although Gelila doesn’t seem like a woman who ever wears T-shirts. www.tinyurl.com/2dwx7xz .
Gelila has heightened Wolfgang’s interest in fashion. “She always comments on the fashion,” Puck said, sharing his wife’s remarks about the blue, one-shoulder Peter Soronen gown the First Lady wore to the state dinner for Mexico’s president.
“She didn’t wear it right. This one was too tight up here [he gestures to the bodice and breast areas],” he said, paraphrasing his wife. “She wants to be her fashion consultant.”
I thought the dress was fine and the hair much better — I don’t like the First Lady’s forehead exposed — but everybody’s entitled to an opinion.
“Exactly,” Puck said.
This should give them something to talk about when their worlds meet, as both Puck and Obama are on the same page of the cookbook these days with his emphasis on healthful, inexpensive dining and the First Lady’s mission to fight childhood obesity.
