By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the nation’s decades-old food safety system is a “hazard to public health” and in need of an overhaul, starting with the selection of a new head of the federal Food and Drug Administration. Obama used his weekly radio and video address to [...]

  � Cristeta Comerford, the White House executive chef, in November, 2005. (Photo: Jamie Rose for The New York Times) Video: The First Lady provides a tour of the White House Kitchen to culinary arts students. First Lady Laura Bush appointed Cristeta “Cris” Comerford as the White House Executive Chef in 2005. In 1995, Comeford was hired [...]