White House reveals menu for Kenya’s state dinner and enlists Brad Paisley and Howard Gospel Choir to perform

Kenya’s official dinner at the White House will feature performances from country music star Brad Paisley and the Howard Gospel Choir, along with a menu that aims to “welcome the beginning of summer.”

Thursday night’s celebration of Kenyan President William Ruto and First Lady Rachel Ruto “will mark the 60th anniversary of the United States’ partnership with Kenya,” First Lady Jill Biden said during a media preview on Wednesday. fair.

“The World” singer Paisley and the Howard University gospel choir will honor the Rutos’ “love of gospel and country music,” Biden said.

The Biden administration’s sixth state dinner — held just weeks after President Biden hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for the formal party last month — will include “an elegant dinner under the stars in a pavilion made almost entirely of glass, looking at our one sky.”

“As guests leave their path lit by our moon, I hope they are filled with the same warmth I felt on my visits to Kenya – that of a friendship that will endure, helping to create a bright and prosperous tomorrow,” said the First lady said.

Guests will enjoy a summer-style meal: chilled tomato soup, butter-poached lobster and marinated baby back ribs with kale and roasted corn. Dessert will include homemade white chocolate baskets decorated with the Kenyan and American flags, filled with nectarine paste and banana ganache and topped with fresh raspberries and peaches.

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