White House Vegetable Garden heirloom seeds and 10 different herbs such as anise hyssop and Thai basil. Former presidents' favorite produce were also sown, such as President Thomas Jefferson’s preferred vegetables, “Brown Dutch and Tennis Ball lettuce, Prickly Seed spinach and Savoy cabbage” but beets were not grown because President Obama did not like them. Along with the vegetable garden, a beehive was added near the chef’s kitchen that is overseen by Charlie Brandts, a beekeeper and White House carpenter. Honey collected from the beehives has been used to brew White House Honey Ale. The contributing gardeners responsible for the early stages of the
Sam Choy Choy In The Kitchen". Choy has designed Hawaiian-inspired dishes for American Airlines first class passengers to and from Hawaii. Choy is the son of a Chinese father, Hung Sam Choy, and a Hawaiian–German mother, Clairemoana. He is married to Carol, with whom he has two sons, Sam, Jr., and Christopher. Choy lives in Kona District, Hawaii. Sam Choy Sam Choy is a American chef, restaurateur, and television personality known as a founding contributor of "Pacific rim cuisine". Choy is an alumnus of the Kapiolani Community College Culinary Arts program. One of his first jobs as a chef was at The