from the show-time dept
RFK Jr. has a lot on his plate at the moment as the head of HHS. America is currently dealing with a record breaking outbreak of the measles, for instance. His agency has had a very hard time getting people confirmed for key roles. There’s that whole cyclosporiasis thing going around, which you’ll know you’ve caught it by the simple fact that you won’t be able to stop shitting yourself. There’s a huge self-inflicted talent vacuum at HHS and its child agencies. Pertussis cases are on the rise. Court orders keep blocking Kennedy’s committees.
With all of these crises and chaos, Kennedy became very angry at news reports that he was mostly checked out of the HHS work he should be doing to address all of this. It’s hard to take that anger all that seriously, though, given that Kennedy also became the very first sitting cabinet secretary to host a podcast while in office. And I have to assume it is also a first time a sitting cabinet secretary will — checks notes — host a cooking show with celebrity chefs.
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched a show geared toward teaching Americans how to cook healthy, inexpensive meals.
“Thanks to President Trump, we flipped the food pyramid and put real food back where it belongs: at the center of the American plate,” Kennedy said in a video he posted Wednesday to YouTube touting “The Real Food Show.” “I’m traveling across America, connecting with renowned chefs to show families how to cook delicious, nutritious meals with real ingredients, and all at affordable prices,” the HHS secretary added. “America, it’s time to eat real food. Let’s get cooking.”
Cute. How about instead you travel the country on a mass vaccination campaign for measles? Maybe some lower level member of HHS can rub elbows with celebrity chefs while you, oh, I don’t know, do literally anything concrete when it comes to cyclosporiasis. Maybe you could fill the open roles in your agencies with competent people you can get confirmed by Congress. Or maybe you could get your agencies running smoothly and with high morale.
It’s not that cooking isn’t important. It’s not even that all of Kennedy’s thoughts on food and health are wrong, because they certainly are not. But there is other, real, important work that needs to be done, leadership that needs to be demonstrated, and confidence building that needs to happen with the public. All of that is a better place for the Secretary of HHS to be spending their time, compared with cosplaying as a daytime cooking show host.
Kennedy told USA Today his new cooking show aims to convince Americans that eating healthier does not cost more.
The price of food at home and away from home both rose by 0.2 percent from May to June, according to the consumer price index, a popular measure of inflation.
It’s actually worse than that and looking at the CPI for food on a monthly basis doesn’t tell the whole story. Year over year CPI for food is up by roughly 3%. All of that is to say that if Kennedy wants to focus on the affordability of fresh food, part of the solution would be for him to get his current boss to not play stupid games with tariffs and to stop starting the very foreign wars that he promised to keep us out of.
So, as you continue to see headlines for the very real health issues the country is currently facing, just remember that RFK Jr. is hard at work baking crab cakes and getting his plating skills just right.
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101 Ways To Get The Tire Tracks Out Of Your Raccoon Ragú.
“Thanks to President Trump, we flipped the food pyramid and put roadkill back where it belongs: at the center of the American plate,” Kennedy said in a video he posted Wednesday to YouTube touting “The Roadkill Show.” “I’m traveling across America, connecting with renowned chefs to show families how to cook delicious, nutritious meals with roadkill, and all at affordable prices,” the HHS secretary added. “America, it’s time to eat roadkill. Let’s get cooking.”
With his soothing Krang from TMNT voice, the man is a natural host of Podcasts and television shows. I’m sure Bari Weiss had him on the shortlist of hosts for 60 minutes too, but he was so in demand because of his velvet voice, she had to settle for the young, handsome, charismatic Ross Douchehat.
Chef/healthy/affordable. Pick two.
I know that healthy and affordable is possible because I need to live on that. But choices are reduced to a degree then that you cannot sustain a chef career from the options that remain.
We are essentially talking prison food here, assuming a prison in a civilized country. Like, say, somewhere in Western Europe.
…and see those meals come out the other end at breakneck speed.
Well, two things he’s certainly qualified to do are preparing food and eating food. But that’s about as low of a bar as there is.
Real food with real ingredients, gosh thanks Bob!
I’m really sick of theses Fake Food from Deep State Leftists Fake Industry grown on anti-American soil using chemtrails and electromagnetic waves by nanotechnology robots with old Covid vaccines chemical injected into it… [cough cough] Sorry, a bad cold since last October, but don’t worry, I’ve already stopped medication and vaccines and I’ll only eat real food from now, it’ll be just fine.
So I guess it will be no fruits or vegetables in “The Real Food Show” recipes.
And no eggs, milk or butter neither.
Just put some flour in a glass of water, a cheap meal that all the family could enjoy.
This is for the affordability thing
Going back to unprepared food like, ‘One chicken, one broccoli, one corn tortilla’. Remember that recommendation?
RFK’s idea for affordability involves a shovel and a drive around the highways of your town.
On today's show...
My only regret is that Anthony Bourdain didn’t live long enough to try the fried raccoon penis from a Louisiana food truck
Today’s recipe: burgers with roadkill meat, raw milk cheese, and diarrhea lettuce. And don’t forget a warm, 40oz cup of Vitamin A!
He should operate his own cooking channel and get multiple programs.
RoadKiller Dishes: How to Entertain Guests With Raccoon Meat.
Who Needs Booze When You have Ivermectin: Cocktails that Fight Covid.
Salads that I Guarantee Ya Will Diarrhea.
Vitamin A Smoothies for Your Health
Desserts that Won’t Cause Autism.
What was wrong with My Plate?
“we flipped the food pyramid”
They really are just a South Park bit aren’t they.
Really? You think RFK Jr. is a person who can or should do any of that work? I think a firing would be the best case, especially if out of a cannon and into the sun, but garden leave would be the next best thing. It’s easily worth the quarter-million-dollar annual salary to have this person not work.
Who among us, or anyone else.
Will watch or see this Program, While he is SUPPOSED to be working?
There is also the idea of Cutbacks and he doesnt have anyone in the Office anyway.
He should make Julia Child look NORMAL.
Facts Only
* Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary.
* The HHS agency is dealing with a measles outbreak.
* There are concerns regarding cyclosporiasis.
* Pertussis cases are rising.
* Court orders are blocking Kennedy’s committees.
* Kennedy launched a show called "The Real Food Show."
* The show aims to teach Americans how to cook healthy, inexpensive meals.
* Kennedy stated that food should be at the center of the American plate.
* Food prices rose by 0.2 percent from May to June according to the Consumer Price Index.
* Year-over-year CPI for food is up by roughly 3%.
Executive Summary
The Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has launched a cooking show titled "The Real Food Show," which aims to teach Americans how to cook healthy, inexpensive meals by connecting with celebrity chefs across America. Kennedy frames this initiative around the idea that flipping the food pyramid and prioritizing real food is necessary for the American plate. He states the goal is to show families how to cook nutritious meals using real ingredients at affordable prices. This promotion occurs while the Secretary manages significant public health issues, including a measles outbreak, concerns regarding cyclosporiasis, rising pertussis cases, and ongoing court orders affecting Kennedy's committees within HHS.
The commentary surrounding the cooking show suggests a tension between this public-facing activity and the pressing executive responsibilities of the Secretary of HHS. Critics suggest that time spent on the show detracts from addressing crises like vaccination campaigns or tackling issues related to food affordability, which they argue could be addressed through direct agency action or policy changes concerning tariffs and foreign policy. The discussion also touches upon critiques regarding the perceived priorities of the Secretary's focus, juxtaposing health advocacy against perceived inaction on systemic problems.
Full Take
The narrative presents a dynamic tension between public advocacy and executive responsibility, framed through an adversarial lens concerning priorities. The juxtaposition of leadership focused on national health crises—such as infectious disease control and agency function—against a celebrity-focused cooking show highlights a conflict in perceived utility: action versus performance. The commentary suggests that when significant systemic challenges exist, the engagement with highly visible, non-essential activities can be viewed as a distraction from concrete governance.
The argument against the television appearance functions by setting up a false binary between tangible public health work (vaccination campaigns, addressing disease outbreaks) and performative culinary instruction. This functions to frame Kennedy's attention not as strategic deployment of authority but as personal indulgence, particularly when contrasted with discussions on food affordability and economic policy. The critique of the proposed focus implies an underlying assumption that high-level administrative roles require undivided, demonstrable engagement in crisis management rather than public outreach.
The deeper implication lies in how leadership legitimacy is constructed: whether it derives from successful crisis mitigation or successful public communication of solutions. When a leader engages in highly personalized activities while facing severe public health emergencies, the focus shifts to scrutinizing the alignment between stated priorities and demonstrated efforts. The pattern observed is an attempt to reframe a conflict over efficacy into a debate over personal time allocation, suggesting that perceived distraction is used to challenge the weight given to administrative decision-making during times of high public anxiety.
Bridge Questions: What measurable impact does the time spent on this show have on HHS operations or crisis response capabilities? How does the prioritization of culinary instruction align with established governmental mandates for public health resource allocation? What framework is used to assess the value of public communication versus direct administrative engagement during national crises?
Sentinel — Likely Human
This text exhibits characteristics of AI generation attempting to synthesize a polarized argument by layering factual references over highly speculative and deliberately absurd personal attacks and food-related hypotheticals.