Barack Obama Can Cook Three Things, Says Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama dedicated her time in the White House to educating Americans on the impact of food, nutrition, and healthy cooking, and she is continuing that work even while no longer First Lady with her new Netflix children’s show, Waffles + Mochi. Obama recently revealed, however, that her vast culinary knowledge doesn’t quite extend to her husband, former President Barack Obama.

In a new interview with E!’s Daily Pop, the former First Lady shared that her husband has three core meals he makes for their family, but that cooking isn’t a part of the president’s daily repertoire.

“He came cooking,” Mrs. Obama told E! of when she first met her husband, “but he had like, sort of, his three recipes.”

According to Obama, her husband’s signature dishes include “a mean chili, a good stir-fry, and great omelets. So, he had kind of his … wheelhouse. He stayed in that lane, you know? But he could cook.”

Mrs. Obama’s love of food did manage to transfer to her two daughters, Malia, 22, and Sasha, 19, however. The former First Lady revealed to People earlier this month that her girls have become “midnight bakers” amid quarantining with their parents.

“They were baking way too much at the beginning of quarantine, too many delicious pies. They were good at it! Good pie crust, good fillings,” revealed Obama. “So at 1 in the morning, you’d smell cinnamon buns baking. I had to tell them to stop because we can’t have all those sweets.”