Anthropologists study cultures by what they throw away. This week, Slate studies Hillary Rodham Clinton based on what she eats.

Reporter Mimi Sheraton assembles a collage of the senator’s preferred foods. We learn that alone in the White House, she requested “the exotic flavors of the Middle East.” In the infamous ‘Sopranos’-spoofing campaign video, she swaps her husband’s onion rings for carrot sticks. And while campaigning, she occasionally scoops up a Drumstick.

The one thing you won’t find on this menu is Barack Obama’s dust, even though that’s what she’s been eating lately. Until the passage of time gives us the chance to pick through the Clintons’ garbage, though, this is a pretty insightful way to learn more about the candidate, especially in our food-obsessed age.

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