Four dazzling menus from the President and First Lady's State Dinners at the White House...and a bonus menu, too...UPDATE: The State Dinner menu for South Korea IS HERE.
Tonight's State Dinner in honor of President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea is the fifth that President Obama and First Lady Obama have hosted. All have had a focus on fresh and seasonal menus, and that will continue this evening. Vegetables from Mrs. Obama's most recent Kitchen Garden Fall Harvest event, held on Oct. 5, will be used to create a spectacular culinary experience that is intended to delight the honored guests. Produce from Mrs. Obama's garden--and honey from the White House beehive--have been used for each State Dinner. Below, links to each of the four previous menus, as well as to the menu for the President and First Lady's Return State Dinner in Honor of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Winfield House in London in May of 2011. (Above: The President's place setting from the State Dinner in honor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel)
The Obama State Dinner Menus
*The menu for the State Dinner in honor of Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel in June of 2011 IS HERE. The dinner was dubbed "A Spring Harvest Dinner. The White House declined to release the names of the American wines that were poured.
*The menu for the State Dinner in honor of China's President Hu Jintao in January of 2011, dubbed "a quintessentially American dinner," IS HERE.
*The menu for the State Dinner in honor of Mexico's President Felipe Calderón in May of 2010 IS HERE.
*The menu for the State Dinner in honor of India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in November of 2009 IS HERE.
And as an added bonus:
The menu for the President and First Lady's Return State Dinner in Honor of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Winfield House in London in May of 2011 IS HERE. The White House declined to release the names of the wines that were poured, but the vintners sent in their names to Obama Foodorama.
*Photo by Eddie Gehman Kohan/Obama Foodorama
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