Emmanuel Macron offers a vinyl of the soundtrack of the film

A man and a woman

, Jill Biden chooses the best American cheeses for dinner: the French president's state trip sees the two countries compete in small attentions.

If the White House has not yet revealed which presents would be presented by Joe Biden on Thursday, the wife of the American president, Jill Biden, has already revealed the decor and the menu of the gala dinner.

Bon appetit in pictures! 


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  • The wife of the American president, Jill Biden, has already unveiled the decor and the menu for the gala dinner.

  • It will be served under a large tent in the gardens.

  • On tables loaded with candlesticks and flowers in the colors of the two countries.

  • The toasts will be served with an American sparkling rosé wine, in glasses made in France.

  • The evening will be hosted by Jon Batiste, a jazzman from Louisiana.

    Emmanuel Macron will visit Friday in this former province ceded by France to the United States in 1803.

  • The Elysée announced that Emmanuel Macron would offer his American counterpart a Christofle cup on Thursday, a famous goldsmith and tableware house which accompanied, among other things, meals on board the prestigious liner "Normandy".

  • A reference to the transatlantic link, but also to a prosperous period for French know-how: the first voyage to New York of the large ship had been, in 1935, an international event.

  • The French president still carried in his suitcases a vinyl disc of the soundtrack of the film by Claude Lelouch

    A man and a woman

    (1966), and the filmmaker himself is part of the French delegation.

  • But back to the state dinner menu….

  • White House Chef Cris Comerford and Pastry Chef Susie Morrison had the honor of crafting the menu.

  • 200 live lobsters made their last trip to Washington.

  • Beef and squash from the White House vegetable garden will also be served.

  • The First Lady particularly insisted in the presentation to the media on American cheeses.

    Including a blue from Oregon (northwest) which was the first American production to win the World Cheese Championships in 2019.

  • And an orange cake will conclude the meal.

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