Saveur delves into the topic of what the presidential candidates and other D.C. figures eat for breakfast. The majority of the interviewees listed the expected – oatmeal, cereal, toast, eggs, or coffee. For instance, Mayor Adrian Fenty eats a typical runner’s breakfast – oatmeal, bananas, and tea with honey.

Also notable from the list: Barack Obama eats four to six eggs every morning (that’s a lot of eggs!); House Speaker Nancy Pelosi eats chocolate ice cream or a chocolate donut for breakfast, which is, frankly, awesome. And former mayor and Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry has “oatmeal, a peach or a pear, and a glass of juice,” thus finally putting to rest the malicious rumor that he eats babies for breakfast.

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