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food-and-diplomacy2 years ago

G7 Summit: Food and Photo Ops Take Center Stage.

World leaders attending the G7 summit in Hiroshima have been treated to a tour of local gastronomical delights with a host of menus showcasing the best of Japanese fine dining. Among some of the more luxury ingredients the cohort has sampled so far were fresh Japanese oysters, hiba beef and sea urchins – some of the country’s most prized exports – prepared in the style of a kaiseki meal, a meticulously prepared, exquisitely served and, usually, very expensive style of multi-course meal. The summit’s hosts are seizing the opportunity to showcase the dining prowess of Japan, the home of sushi, ramen and omakaze.

food-and-diplomacy2 years ago

"State Dinner Menus: From White House to South Korea, A Culinary Diplomacy"

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden are set to host a state dinner in honor of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, featuring a menu that blends Korean and American cuisines. The menu includes a Maryland crabcake with a Korean-inspired slaw, yellow squash soup with cured strawberries and perilla leaf, and beef short ribs with butter bean grits and sorghum-glazed carrots. The dessert course is a banana split with lemon-bar ice cream and a caramel sauce flavored with doenjang, a Korean fermented soybean paste. The Bidens enlisted Korean American chef Edward Lee to help design the menu, continuing the tradition of culinary diplomacy at state dinners.