Big Day For Our Maggie

As you’ve surely heard, President Barack Obama came to the Bay Area last night as part of a fundraising trip. After spending some time in Pacific Heights last night, he headed down the Peninsula this morning for brunch at the Atherton home of Liz Simons and Mark W. Heising. Verrine of housemade granola, Straus yogurt, spring berries and mint "caviar": Margaret Teskey Naturally, the event’s menu featured plenty of familiar faces, though unlike last fall’s chef-centric affair, this time, the spotlight was on local farms. So which Bay Area producers got the prized audience with the POTUS? The brunch offerings were organized by Margaret Teskey of Taste Catering & Event Planning and the meal started with blood orange juice, courtesy of Hamada Farms, the Kingsburg farm run by Yukio Hamada and his family. The subsequent “morning amuse” was a verrine of housemade organic granola with spring berries and yogurt from Petaluma’s Straus Family Creamery. That was followed by Boho Belle Cheese made by another North Bay dairy specialist, Bohemian Creamery, served with fig sesame jam, arugula and balsamic. The menu finale was an open-faced salmon gravlax sandwich on sprouted rye bread, adorned with a medley of local products: asparagus tips from Zuckerman’s Farms (Stockton), grapefruit oil from O Olive Oil (Petaluma) and smoked bacon from Hobb’s Smoked Meats (El Cerrito). · Previously: Led by Alice Waters and Tyler Florence, the Bay Area’s finest chefs cook for President Obama [Inside Scoop]

Pop gives us the TOP TEN thoughts running through Maggies' mind during and after the brunch

• "Did I turn off the cell phone?"
• "Ahhh, the Bloody Mary is finally kicking in"
• "That pre brunch chili-cheese omelette was a bad idea!"
• "Mitt can still win, right?"
• "Now maybe Me Me will take me seriously"
• "Mag's needs to change her under ware!"
• "I was hoping for a standing ovation"
• "The only thing better than this is a perfect meatloaf, every time, in my new perfect meatloaf pan"
• "Maybe now is not a good time to show him my "CHANGE" tattoo?"
• "Is POTUS spelled with an I or U?"