Collection Diplomacy With Our Northern Neighbors
Geography, history, and friendship have been the driving force of official ties between the United States and Canada. In 1927, our...
Canadian State Dinner Preview: Individual Dessert
- Photographer
- Matthew D'Agostino
- Date of Work
- March 9, 2016
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- White House Historical Association
Canadian State Dinner Preview: Individual Dessert
Keeping with the dinner theme, the dessert course reflects the memory of winter and celebrates the coming of spring. Guests will be served a cake with toasted Texas pecans and caramelized New England maple syrup. The cake is accompanied by creamy, butterscotch swirl ice cream, vanilla scented California strawberries, and a crispy cocoa nib wafer.
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