Top Chef Creates First-Lady-Themed Burger

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) Sep 25th 2009 at 6:04PM

Former Top Chef contestant Spike Mendelsohn has a new dish for a good cause. The "Michelle Melt" turkey burger named for the First Lady was unveiled at Good Stuff Eatery in Washington DC this week. Mendelsohn created the burger in collaboration with White House chef Sam Kass, who previously cooked for the Obama family in Chicago. The burger features a free range turkey burger, caramelized onions, Swiss cheese, ruby red tomato, crisp lettuce, South Lawn herb garden mayo, freshly baked wheat bun. Proceeds from the burger's sale to will be donated to D.C. Central Kitchen, which distributes food to homeless people. Or you can make your own, Good Morning America has the recipe.

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