The White House released its menu for Thursday’s state dinner honoring Kenyan President William Ruto and his wife, Rachel Ruto, which includes lobster and short ribs.
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden are preparing to host Kenya, the first African nation in nearly 14 years, for a state dinner Thursday at the White House, with a menu that includes lavish items like butter-poached lobster and a white chocolate basket with banana ganache, raspberries, peaches and candied lime zest.
The U.S. considers a state dinner as one of the most glamorous events organized by the White House for a visiting head of government or reigning monarch and has been used in the past to show diplomatic unity.
Biden invited Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House for a three-day state visit to recognize the East African nation as a major non-NATO ally.
Kenya is sending 1,000 police officers to Haiti as part of a U.N.-led effort to address the security crisis in the country.
