{"id":616047,"date":"2021-08-06T14:21:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T18:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=616047"},"modified":"2021-08-06T14:21:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T18:21:37","slug":"obamas-marthas-vineyard-birthday-bash-to-feature-meat-free-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obamas-marthas-vineyard-birthday-bash-to-feature-meat-free-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama\u2019s Martha\u2019s Vineyard Birthday Bash To Feature Meat-Free Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobamas-marthas-vineyard-birthday-bash-to-feature-meat-free-menu%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=616047&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-81018252.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Former president Barack Obama\u2019s 60th birthday party in Martha\u2019s Vineyard on Saturday will reportedly feature a meatless menu.<\/p>\n<p>The party is set to deliver coveted endorsements to plant-based food brands like Impossible Foods Inc. and Eat Just Inc., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-08-05\/obama-s-meatless-birthday-menu-to-feature-impossible-eat-just\">reported<\/a> Bloomberg News, which viewed menu plans for the celebration.<\/p>\n<p>The menu was curated by musician Questlove, who promotes and invests in meat-free foods.<\/p>\n<p>The menu will offer dishes such as&nbsp;Spam Musubi, which includes faux-beef and faux-pork from Impossible Foods as well as plant-based eggs from Eat Just. Another meatless option is&nbsp;Questlove\u2019s Cheesesteak Eggrolls, which include Impossible \u201cbeef\u201d and \u201ccheese sauce\u201d from Perfect Day Inc., a food technology startup in Berkeley, California, that develops ways to make dairy proteins without using animals.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear whether a separate menu featuring meat products will be offered.<\/p>\n<p>Obama\u2019s birthday affair was originally planned for nearly 700 guests but was scaled back to include only close friends and family after criticism that it could potentially spread the delta variant of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats are imposing unscientific mask mandates while contemplating more lockdowns. Meanwhile, President Obama is hosting over 500 elites at his Marthas Vineyard mansion. If you or I did that it would be called a super-spreader event by the Democrats,\u201d Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), chair of the House Republican Conference, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/08\/02\/obama-holding-huge-60th-birthday-bash-despite-covid-warnings\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTypical liberal \u2018do as I say, not as I do\u2019. This is what socialism looks like,\u201d Stefanik added.<\/p>\n<p>George Clooney, Steven Spielberg, and Oprah Winfrey were <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/08\/02\/obama-holding-huge-60th-birthday-bash-despite-covid-warnings\/\">reportedly<\/a> on the original star-studded guest list, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/04\/us\/politics\/obama-cancels-60th-birthday-party.html\">hundreds<\/a> of former Obama administration officials and Democratic donors. Some guests were said to be renting houses in Martha\u2019s Vineyard for the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to the new spread of the Delta variant over the past week, the President and Mrs. Obama have decided to significantly scale back the event to include only family and close friends,\u201d a spokeswoman for Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/04\/us\/politics\/obama-cancels-60th-birthday-party.html\">said<\/a> in a statement Wednesday morning. \u201cHe\u2019s appreciative of others sending their birthday wishes from afar and looks forward to seeing people soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The party will be held on the Obamas\u2019 Martha\u2019s Vineyard property, which the former president and his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, bought in 2019 for $11.75 million.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked whether Obama was \u201csetting the wrong example about how serious COVID-19 is by hosting a big birthday party with hundreds of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would note first that former President Obama has been a huge advocate of individuals getting vaccinated,\u201d Psaki responded. \u201cThis event, according to all the public reporting, is outdoors and in a moderate zone. But in addition, there is testing requirements and other steps they are taking. which I\u2019m sure they can outline for you in more detail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reporter pressed Psaki on whether others should think it is acceptable for them to host a party with several hundred people too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, we certainly advise everyone to follow public health guidelines, which I know the former president, who is a huge advocate of getting vaccinated, of following the guidance of public health experts, would certainly advocate for himself as well,\u201d the press secretary answered.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s Golden Globes offered a vegan menu, and the 2021 Met Gala is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/story\/met-gala-chefs-2021\">set to offer<\/a> a plant-based menu as well.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former president Barack Obama\u2019s 60th birthday party in Martha\u2019s Vineyard on Saturday will reportedly feature a meatless menu.The party is set to deliver coveted endorsements to plant-based food brands like &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-616047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}