Washington, India's celebrated chef Sanjeev Kapoor was given a rare insight into the historic kitchen of the White House, which prepares the food for US President Barack Obama, his family and the large number of guests invited to the resident of the first family every day. Kapoor was not only given the tour of the historic kitchen, but also had an intensive discussion with the team of White House chefs led by its executive chef, William 'Bill' Yosses, for several hours yesterday. He was accompanied by K N Vinod, an eminent Indian-American chef from Washington who runs three popular Indian restaurant in the nation's capital. Yosses, said to be a great lover of Indian food himself, took Kapoor and Vinod around the White House kitchen, but also gave him a tour of the kitchen garden of the First Lady Mitchell Obama. A frequent visitor to Indique and Indique Heights - the two popular Indian restaurants in the nation's capital - Yosses discussed at length of the growing popularity of Indian food in the US and at the white house. Kapoor presented his latest encyclopedic work on Indian food, 'How To Cook Indian' to Yosses and submitted copies of it for the President and the ...
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