Carol Paul: The Secret Weapon

LAKE JACKSON, Texas—In Washington last month, Republican Rep. Ron Paul sat down for breakfast with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. The same day, Mr. Paul’s wife, Carol, sporting an apron bearing the slogan “End the Fed,” was in her Texas kitchen melting chocolate chips for her Easy Oreo Truffles.

The cookbook series was born in 1995, when Mr. Paul’s opposition to the War on Drugs opened the family to criticism…

People started saying that Ron wanted to give drugs to kids, and Ron said, ‘Let’s show them our kids have all done well, they’re not into drugs.

Mrs. Paul thought a cookbook filled with family photos, news and their personal philosophy would fill the bill.

For 11 years, no bumper sticker, yard sign or YouTube video has better encapsulated the enduring appeal of Mr. Paul’s permanent political campaign than “The Ron Paul Family Cookbook,” which Mrs. Paul calls her husband’s “secret weapon.” It’s an anything-goes culinary manifesto, complete with dishes that require no excess spending or extraordinary intervention, and just a spoonful of individual determination.

Read on: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303640104577436251166644714.html

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