Biden and Macron to Feast on Lobster and World’s Best Cheese
- White House to serve lobster, American caviar and cheese
- Oscar- and Grammy-winner Jon Batiste to perform for leaders
Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron
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Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron will dine on lobster, caviar and an Oregon cheese named the best in the world while listening to Grammy-winner Jon Batiste at the US president’s first state dinner on Thursday.
Batiste, one of the nation’s most award-winning musicians, will perform with his father, Michael Batiste, according to first lady Jill Biden’s office. The menu will include a cheese course highlighted by Oregon’s Rogue River Blue, the first US cheese to ever win the World Cheese Awards, according to White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford.