“He taught us about food — but more importantly, about its ability to bring us together. We’ll miss him,” Obama wrote on Twitter, accompanying the photo, taken by his White House photographer Pete Souza. pic.twitter.com/orEXIaEMZMObama’s appearance with Bourdain was one of the many ways he sought to reach new audiences through pop culture and media during his presidency. Souza also honored Bourdain on Friday, remembering the “energy being in his presence.”“What can I tell you about what it’s like to sit across from the President of the United States and drink beer from the bottle?” Bourdain wrote about the episode in 2016. “I will sure as shit remember this trip to Vietnam.

Source: Huffington Post June 08, 2018 17:03 UTC