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Palin's favorite meal is moose burgers.
August 29, 2008

With the media struggling to learn about new GOP VP candidate Sarah Palin, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell offers this now much-recycled fact–NPR profile–Palin’s favorite meal is moose burgers.

McCain prefers shrimp, and pizza topped with pepperoni and onions, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Katia Bachko is on staff at The New Yorker.