Bidens to serve Macrons US cheeses at White House state dinner
by Agence France-Presse from US news | The Guardian on (#66CQN)
US president and first lady to treat French counterparts with Oregon blue cheese and American sparkling wine at lavish dinner
It's a bold gambit by the Americans, to meet the French in an arena over which they have long been masters par excellence: wine and cheese.
But such is Jill Biden's sang-froid that she will offer America's best to the French president, Emmanuel Macron, his wife, Brigitte Macron, and their entourage at a lavish White House dinner on Thursday - just one of the elaborate details and valuable gifts forming part of the diplomatic dance surrounding this state visit.
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