Several Bay Area guests at tonight’s State Dinner
By Josh Richman
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 at 4:15 pm in International politics, Obama presidency.
Several Bay Area residents will be on the White House’s South Lawn for tonight’s State Dinner with British Prime Minister David Cameron:
Others on the long list of guests include various administration officials, diplomats and lawmakers; Virgin group founder Sir Richard Branson; Vogue magazine editor-in-chief Anna Wintour; movie mogul Harvey Weinstein; American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten; and actors George Clooney and Idris Elba. The British folk-rock group Mumford & Sons and Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter John Legend will perform.
They’ll be chowing down on a first course of crisped halibut with potato crust, shaved Brussels sprouts and applewood-smoked bacon; a second course of spring garden lettuces with shallot dressing, shaved breakfast radish, cucumbers and avocados; a main course of bison Wellington with red wine reduction, French beans and Cipollini onions; and a dessert of warm Meyer lemon steamed pudding with Idaho huckleberry sauce and Newtown Pippin apples.
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March 14th, 2012 at 5:29 pm
What the heck is a breakfast radish?
March 14th, 2012 at 5:33 pm
This is a breakfast radish.
March 14th, 2012 at 5:56 pm
When my Brussels sprouts get old enough to shave I throw them out.
March 14th, 2012 at 6:17 pm
Thanks, Josh.
March 14th, 2012 at 6:19 pm
Not that I object to State Dinners. I don’t. But I’m curious what one of these shindigs costs.