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Hadigaun Festival - Nepal

A woman offers butter lamps during a celebration of the Hadigaun festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, October 8, 2025. The Hadigaun festival is celebrated every year after the Dashain festival. Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Bourges

FRANCE. CHER (18) BOURGES 2028. EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE. WEST FACADE AND FORECOURT. ON THE LEFT, THE BUTTER TOWER, ON THE RIGHT, THE DEAF TOWER. THE CATHEDRAL HAS BEEN A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE SINCE 1992. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Bourges

FRANCE. CHER (18) BOURGES 2028. EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE. WEST FACADE AND FORECOURT. ON THE LEFT, THE BUTTER TOWER, ON THE RIGHT, THE DEAF TOWER. THE CATHEDRAL HAS BEEN A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE SINCE 1992. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Bourges

FRANCE. CHER (18) BOURGES 2028. EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE. WEST FACADE AND FORECOURT. ON THE LEFT, THE BUTTER TOWER, ON THE RIGHT, THE DEAF TOWER. THE CATHEDRAL HAS BEEN A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE SINCE 1992. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

A man in a folk costume participates in the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

People in folk costumes are at the table during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

A man and a woman set an effigy on fire to mark the end of the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

A man tries to catch a hoop during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

A woman ties a stick to the arm of a man who is single as part of a ritual during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

Musicians perform during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

People in folk costumes are at the table during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

Three men try to walk on two runners during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

People are in a tug of war during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

A woman ties a stick to the leg of a man who is single as part of a ritual during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

A woman serves food during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

Three women in folk costumes stand behind a fence during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent.(Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

A woman in a national costume holds a bowl of varenyky (Ukrainian dumplings) during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

Women in national costumes dance during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

An effigy is being transported by a two-wheel tractor to be burned down at the end of the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

Women in folk costumes are at the table during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

People are in a tug of war during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

Women in folk costumes carry bowls with varenyky (Ukrainian dumplings) during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

People are in a tug of war during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

Women in folk costumes carry bowls with varenyky (Ukrainian dumplings) during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

An effigy is being transported by a two-wheel tractor to be burned down at the end of the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

An effigy is on fire at the end of the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

A man in a camouflage uniform and women help themselves to varenyky (Ukrainian dumplings) during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

People in folk costumes attend the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

A man and a woman stand by a stove during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

Women in folk costumes pull a log during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

An effigy is to be burnt down at the end of the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

An effigy is on fire at the end of the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

A woman ties a stick to the leg of a man who is single as part of a ritual during the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

A man and a woman set an effigy on fire to mark the end of the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Week celebration in Kyivs Pyrohiv Folk Museum

A man sets an effigy on fire to mark the end of the Kolodii. Masnytsia festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine in Pyrohiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2025, on the weekend of Butter Week before Great Lent. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Butter Lamp Festival - Lhasa

A monk participates in a ceremony at Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, December 25, 2024. People of the Tibetan ethnic group lit butter lamps and prayed through the night in the annual Butter Lamp Festival commemorating Tsong Khapa, a master of Tibetan Buddhism. Photo by Tenzing Nima Qadhup/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Butter Lamp Festival - Lhasa

Monks light butter lamps at Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, December 25, 2024. People of the Tibetan ethnic group lit butter lamps and prayed through the night in the annual Butter Lamp Festival commemorating Tsong Khapa, a master of Tibetan Buddhism. Photo by Tenzing Nima Qadhup/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Butter Lamp Festival - Lhasa

A monk lights butter lamps at Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, December 25, 2024. People of the Tibetan ethnic group lit butter lamps and prayed through the night in the annual Butter Lamp Festival commemorating Tsong Khapa, a master of Tibetan Buddhism. Photo by Tenzing Nima Qadhup/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Butter Lamp Festival - Lhasa

Butter lamps are lit up at Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, December 25, 2024. People of the Tibetan ethnic group lit butter lamps and prayed through the night in the annual Butter Lamp Festival commemorating Tsong Khapa, a master of Tibetan Buddhism. Photo by Tenzing Nima Qadhup/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Butter Lamp Festival - Lhasa

Monks participate in a ceremony at Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, December 25, 2024. People of the Tibetan ethnic group lit butter lamps and prayed through the night in the annual Butter Lamp Festival commemorating Tsong Khapa, a master of Tibetan Buddhism. Photo by Tenzing Nima Qadhup/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Butter Lamp Festival - Lhasa

A monk lights butter lamps at Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, December 25, 2024. People of the Tibetan ethnic group lit butter lamps and prayed through the night in the annual Butter Lamp Festival commemorating Tsong Khapa, a master of Tibetan Buddhism. Photo by Tenzing Nima Qadhup/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bakery in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Butter buns with poppy seeds and sesame baked at the Urozhai bakery which joined the National Cashback program, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine

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ZIMBABWE-MUTOKO-CLIMATE-SMART FARMING

(240612) -- MUTOKO, June 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Marova Moyo, a Zimbabwean farmer, applies mulch to her butter beans crop in Mutoko, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe, on June 5, 2024. Despite the El Nino-induced drought facing Zimbabwe, Moyo and her husband, Abel Katsande, still harvested enough grains to last them until the next harvest, thanks to climate-smart farming practices that ensure the sustainable use of land and resources. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Tafara Mugwara) TO GO WITH Feature: Climate-smart farming shields Zimbabwean farmers from drought spell

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ZIMBABWE-MUTOKO-CLIMATE-SMART FARMING

(240612) -- MUTOKO, June 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Marova Moyo, a Zimbabwean farmer, applies mulch to her butter beans crop in Mutoko, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe, on June 5, 2024. Despite the El Nino-induced drought facing Zimbabwe, Moyo and her husband, Abel Katsande, still harvested enough grains to last them until the next harvest, thanks to climate-smart farming practices that ensure the sustainable use of land and resources. (Xinhua/Tafara Mugwara) TO GO WITH Feature: Climate-smart farming shields Zimbabwean farmers from drought spell

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Japan State Dinner Media Preview - Washington

White House Executive Chef Cris Comerford and Executive Pastry Chef Susie Morrison present the menu at a media preview in advance of Wednesday Japan State Dinner at the White House in Washington on April 8, 2024. The menu includes: House-cured Salmon Avocados, Red Grapefruit, Watermelon Radish, Cucumber Shisho Leaf Fritters, Main Course: Dry-aged Rib Eye Steak, Blistered Shishito Pepper Butter Fricassée of Fava Beans, Morels and Cipollini Sesame Oil Sabayon and Dessert  Salted Caramel Pistachio Cake Matcha Ganache, Cherry Ice Cream, Raspberry Drizzle, Wine: Lingua Franca Bunker Hill Chardonnay 2021, Willamette Valley, Oregon Long Shadow Pirouette 2019, Columbia Valley, Washington, Argyle Vintage Brut Rosé 2020, Willamette Valley, Oregon. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan State Dinner Media Preview - Washington

White House Executive Chef Cris Comerford and Executive Pastry Chef Susie Morrison present the menu at a media preview in advance of Wednesday Japan State Dinner at the White House in Washington on April 8, 2024. The menu includes: House-cured Salmon Avocados, Red Grapefruit, Watermelon Radish, Cucumber Shisho Leaf Fritters, Main Course: Dry-aged Rib Eye Steak, Blistered Shishito Pepper Butter Fricassée of Fava Beans, Morels and Cipollini Sesame Oil Sabayon and Dessert  Salted Caramel Pistachio Cake Matcha Ganache, Cherry Ice Cream, Raspberry Drizzle, Wine: Lingua Franca Bunker Hill Chardonnay 2021, Willamette Valley, Oregon Long Shadow Pirouette 2019, Columbia Valley, Washington, Argyle Vintage Brut Rosé 2020, Willamette Valley, Oregon. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan State Dinner Media Preview - Washington

White House Executive Chef Cris Comerford and Executive Pastry Chef Susie Morrison present the menu at a media preview in advance of Wednesday Japan State Dinner at the White House in Washington on April 8, 2024. The menu includes: House-cured Salmon Avocados, Red Grapefruit, Watermelon Radish, Cucumber Shisho Leaf Fritters, Main Course: Dry-aged Rib Eye Steak, Blistered Shishito Pepper Butter Fricassée of Fava Beans, Morels and Cipollini Sesame Oil Sabayon and Dessert  Salted Caramel Pistachio Cake Matcha Ganache, Cherry Ice Cream, Raspberry Drizzle, Wine: Lingua Franca Bunker Hill Chardonnay 2021, Willamette Valley, Oregon Long Shadow Pirouette 2019, Columbia Valley, Washington, Argyle Vintage Brut Rosé 2020, Willamette Valley, Oregon. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan State Dinner Media Preview - Washington

White House Executive Chef Cris Comerford and Executive Pastry Chef Susie Morrison present the menu at a media preview in advance of Wednesday Japan State Dinner at the White House in Washington on April 8, 2024. The menu includes: House-cured Salmon Avocados, Red Grapefruit, Watermelon Radish, Cucumber Shisho Leaf Fritters, Main Course: Dry-aged Rib Eye Steak, Blistered Shishito Pepper Butter Fricassée of Fava Beans, Morels and Cipollini Sesame Oil Sabayon and Dessert  Salted Caramel Pistachio Cake Matcha Ganache, Cherry Ice Cream, Raspberry Drizzle, Wine: Lingua Franca Bunker Hill Chardonnay 2021, Willamette Valley, Oregon Long Shadow Pirouette 2019, Columbia Valley, Washington, Argyle Vintage Brut Rosé 2020, Willamette Valley, Oregon. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan State Dinner Media Preview - Washington

White House Executive Chef Cris Comerford and Executive Pastry Chef Susie Morrison present the menu at a media preview in advance of Wednesday Japan State Dinner at the White House in Washington on April 8, 2024. The menu includes: House-cured Salmon Avocados, Red Grapefruit, Watermelon Radish, Cucumber Shisho Leaf Fritters, Main Course: Dry-aged Rib Eye Steak, Blistered Shishito Pepper Butter Fricassée of Fava Beans, Morels and Cipollini Sesame Oil Sabayon and Dessert  Salted Caramel Pistachio Cake Matcha Ganache, Cherry Ice Cream, Raspberry Drizzle, Wine: Lingua Franca Bunker Hill Chardonnay 2021, Willamette Valley, Oregon Long Shadow Pirouette 2019, Columbia Valley, Washington, Argyle Vintage Brut Rosé 2020, Willamette Valley, Oregon. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan State Dinner Media Preview - Washington

White House Executive Chef Cris Comerford and Executive Pastry Chef Susie Morrison present the menu at a media preview in advance of Wednesday Japan State Dinner at the White House in Washington on April 8, 2024. The menu includes: House-cured Salmon Avocados, Red Grapefruit, Watermelon Radish, Cucumber Shisho Leaf Fritters, Main Course: Dry-aged Rib Eye Steak, Blistered Shishito Pepper Butter Fricassée of Fava Beans, Morels and Cipollini Sesame Oil Sabayon and Dessert  Salted Caramel Pistachio Cake Matcha Ganache, Cherry Ice Cream, Raspberry Drizzle, Wine: Lingua Franca Bunker Hill Chardonnay 2021, Willamette Valley, Oregon Long Shadow Pirouette 2019, Columbia Valley, Washington, Argyle Vintage Brut Rosé 2020, Willamette Valley, Oregon. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM