Obama hosts first State Dinner

The Menu, Guest List and More Details from the President's First State Dinner at the White House

The menu for the Nov. 24 dinner includes roasted potato dumplings with tomato chutney, prawns in green curry and pumpkin pie tart.

The Obamas chose from the White House's historic china collection to set the tables for their first state dinner.

Selections include:
Service Plates: Castleton China, New Castle, Pa., (Eisenhower administration, 1955)
Service Plates: Lenox, Trenton, N.J. (Clinton administraion, 2000)
Dinner Plates: Lenox, Kinston, N.C. (Geroge W. Bush administration, gift of the White House Acquisition Trust, 2008-2009)

The guest of honor is India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife, Gursharan Kaur. Other political guests will include Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.

From the entertainment world, attendees include Steven Spielberg, Ari Emanuel and filmmaker M. Knight Shyamalan.

Kurt Elling, Jennifer Hudson, the National Symphony Orchestra, A.R. Rahman and the U.S. Marine Corps Band will perform during the affair.

A place setting is seen during a preview for the first State Dinner  hosted by the US President Barack Obama for Indian Prime Minister  Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC. US President Barack Obama's  first state dinner on Tuesday will feature fresh arugula from the  White House garden and entertainment by Jennifer Hudson. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)