But French President Emmanuel Macron and his entourage will be served American-made cheese at the White House on Thursday, which is on the menu curated by First Lady Jill Biden.
The Bidens are hosting their first state dinner, a grand affair in Washington for visiting heads of state.
From the guest list to the menu to the seating plan, every detail of these dinners calls for the meticulous attention of the first lady, the State Department, and a brigade of White House aides and chefs.
A diplomatic charm offensive, the first ever state dinner was held in 1874 when US President Ulysses Grant welcomed King David Kalakua of the Kingdom of Hawaii to the White House, and the tradition has continued under most presidents since then.
"We hope that the French citizens everywhere feel the warmth of our welcome," Mrs Biden said on Wednesday.
It is one of the longer waits for a president to host his first state dinner, a reflection of the Covid-19 pandemic's outsized impact on the 80-year-old's time in office.
He was the first recipient of a state dinner hosted by President Donald Trump, in 2018.
The US often refers to France as its oldest ally and, when asked on Thursday why the French leader was picked as his first guest, Mr Biden said: "Because he is my friend.".
The French president recalled his ambassador in Washington and his foreign minister called the move "a stab in the back", forcing Mr Biden to publicly acknowledge the deal's rollout had been "clumsy".
Climate subsidies offered under the IRA give American companies an advantage over European ones that would be "super aggressive for our business people", Mr Macron is reported to have said during a meeting with US lawmakers.
"The lobster on the White House menu comes from a fishery with well-documented risks to the remaining 340 critically endangered North Atlantic right whales that are often entangled in fishing gear," Gib Brogan, a campaign manager at conservation advocacy group Oceana, said on Wednesday?
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