Wed, Mar 21, 2007
Space Tourist Simonyi Bringing Food Prepared By Martha
Stewart
We've come a long way
from beef paste and Tang. When billionaire 'tourinaut' Charles
Simonyi rides into orbit to the International Space Station next
month aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket, he'll be bringing gourmet
meals with him -- compliments of Martha Stewart, no less.
Space Adventures, the space tourism company sending the software
developer into orbit, told Reuters this week Simonyi (right) -- who
has been linked romantically to the self-proclaimed domestic diva
-- will bring with him quail roasted in Madrian wine; shredded
chicken parmentier; and other ritzy foodstuffs most of the ANN
staff has never heard of, let alone gnoshed on.
The special menu was prepared by associates of noted French
chef-restaurateur Alain Ducasse, and packed into special aluminum
containers for the trip. Simonyi will share his meal with the ISS
crew, as well as the cosmonauts riding with him aboard the
Soyuz.
"I am really looking forward to sharing this dinner with my
crewmates on the station," Simonyi said. "Although the food is very
good there, it is somewhat basic, and after a couple of weeks,
everything starts tasting the same. I am certain a little variation
will be surely welcome."
Ms. Stewart plans to be in Kazakhstan to watch Simonyi blast off
on his estimated $25 million trip to the ISS.
Incidentally, this isn't the first time astronauts or cosmonauts
have been treated to special foods. On a shuttle mission last year,
astronauts ate a meal prepared by Emeril Lagasse.
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