Cooking with Richie Farmer

May 5, 2011
By Joe Sonka

A reader sent this our way. Back in October, Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis visited Lexington and did a show from Rupp Arena. At the end, she pulled Richie Farmer on stage to do some cooking with him. This exchange followed:

GDL: We’re making a pesto. I’m guessing Richie doesn’t know what pesto is.

[Richie nods, agreeing.]

GDL: We’re using arugula. Have you ever had arugula?

[Richie shakes his head. No.]

GDL: Did you say you’re the head of Agriculture??

In fairness to Richie, only liberal elitists like Barack Obama know what pesto and arugula are.

It was all fun and games until the Farmer kids gave their pesto pasta a taste:

The responses might map childhood taste buds. Mr. 13 Year Old says, “It’s okay.” Mr. 11 Year Old says, “I don’t like it.” Mr. 8 Year Old looks for a place to spit his bite out and says, eventually, to much laughing in the audience “It’s disgusting.”

Giada says, “Yes, it can be an acquired taste,” and turns, laughing, back to the audience for two final questions.

There has to be a David Williams analogy there somewhere…

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