This year, the 2024 US presidential election dominated news headlines, TV commercial breaks, our dinner conversations, and even found its way into our food trends, whether it was Vice President Kamala Harris showing us how to make a sandwich on her YouTube channel or JD Vance going viral for a “very awkward” visit to a donut shop.
When BuzzFeed editor Ross Yoder tried making Tim Walz’s viral Turkey Trot Tater-Tot Hotdish, he made a keen observation that food had become a “recurring theme” for the Harris-Walz presidential campaign, noting that “between Walz’s viral ‘white guy tacos’ comment and his landmark universal free lunch program in his home state, it’s clear he definitely shares Vice President Kamala Harris’s love for all things food.” We’ll never forget you, Cooking with Kamala.
