HUFFINGTON
09.09.12
JEREMY LANGE
FOOD FIGHT!
pies—apple, chocolate chess and
pecan—and waved to the crowd
in front of the picturesque main
street cafe.
Kimberly Mills, co-owner and
manager of the restaurant, said
she and some of the 2,000 others
in attendance were disappointed
at how short the visit was—eight
minutes in total. “I would have
liked to talk to him,” she said.
Still, she said she was thrilled for
Ashland and sold 15 more pies in
the afternoon after Romney left.
John Friedman, 48, a teacher
who attended the Romney event,
offered another reason the candidate was better off with takeout
pie than quiche, his own personal
Homemades by Suzanne favorite. “I
like quiche but it’s not a ‘real man’
food,” he said. “They’re already
calling him a wimp on the cover of
Newsweek.” Friedman referenced
that magazine’s recent story titled
“Romney: The Wimp Factor.”
THE FAST FOOD FACTOR
One thing Romney has not been
afraid to eat in public is fast food,
if his campaign’s Twitter accounts
are any indication. In July of 2011,
Romney’s own account broadcast
a photo of him eating a jalapeño
chicken sandwich at Carl’s Jr., the
A spread at
Homemades
by Suzanne,
located in
Ashland,
Virginia, one of
the swing states
courted by both
presidential
candidates.