The White Oak, Cookham and more on Obama's Berkshire connections
Simon and I ventured out to Cookham to the White Oak on Friday night and enjoyed a really excellent meal. The restaurand is owned by the Cripps who also have the Greene Oak at Oakley Green and Katherine is the daughter of Sir Terry and Lady Wogan. But that's by the by. What matters is the food, the service and the ambience and if you're after relaxed dining at a reasonable price, then this comes highly recommended. Read the full review in our March issue.
Just a footnote to Barack Obama's visit to Wokingham in the '90s that I mentioned in my previous blog. His stepmother, Kenzia, is still living in Bracknell. She was married to his father, Barack Snr in Kenya, who was killed in a car crash when Barack was 21.
Barack Sr, a Muslim, would go on to marry two more women - Barack Jr's mother Ann Dunham, an American he met during a scholarship to the United States, and an American teacher called Ruth. But he has always maintained a strong bond with his stepmother, who also became great friends with Barak's mother Ann, who died in 1995.