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Food can be wrapped in meaning or symbolism, with state dinners often setting the scene for diplomacy. In a drawing of George Washington’s farewell dinner, the outgoing president is seen surrounded by weeping guests who are loath to let him go, while he stands to propose a toast to the incoming president, John Adams. Lyndon Johnson’s first state dinner, in December of 1963, was held, not at the White House, but at the LBJ Ranch in Texas. West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard journeyed to the ranch, sometimes referred to as the Texas White House, where guests ate barbecue and beans prepared by pit master Walter Jetton.
In another example of culinary diplomacy, Richard Nixon, as part of the preparation for his historic trip to China in 1972, spent months mastering the art of eating with chopsticks. He displayed his expertise at a banquet for 600 in the Great Hall of the People, hosted by China’s Premier Zhou Enlai and televised live at home…

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Richard Nixon was known to favor unusual food combinations, such as cottage cheese with ketchup and baked grapefruit, and he knew just how he liked such concoctions.

Likewise, when an American politician travels abroad, as Richard Nixon did to China in 1972, it is important that he or she be familiar with the customs of th ehost country.

Not every state visit is accompanied by a meal, however, as evinced by Richard Nixon's historic trip to China in 1972, which was conceived of primarily as a way to improve diplomatic relations between the countries.

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