"White House State Dinner Fuses Korean and American Cuisine"

President Joe Biden's favorite dessert, ice cream, will be served at the state dinner for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, but with a Korean twist. The caramel sauce drizzled over the bananas and lemon bar ice cream for the deconstructed "banana split" is flavored with doenjang, the Korean fermented soybean paste. The event is timed in part to celebrate this year's 70th anniversary of the alliance between the U.S. and South Korea. The menu, chosen after First Lady Jill Biden and her staff tasted at least ten different courses, features braised beef short ribs, an American take on galbi-jjim, served with butter bean grits, sorghum-glazed carrots, and pine nuts.