Five Ideas for Foxfield Tailgates

For me, April in Charlottesville brings to mind three things: blooming dogwoods, my Kwanzan cherry trees and Foxfield Races.  Over the past 20 years, I've hosted many celebrations on race day, from a family tailgate to a 150+ person brunch for my daughter's sorority.  I thought I'd share a few of my best ideas for a Foxfield feast...

1. Rosemary & Parmesan Biscuits:  These go well with a glass of wine and good company.

2. Comfort Food Virginia Ham Biscuits: When you put honey butter, mildly salted country ham and flaky biscuits all together, how can you go wrong?

3. Tarragon Chicken Salad: Step your tailgate up a bit with a beautiful and gourmet chicken salad. Full of apples, toasted pecans and crisp chopped celery. Serve with a glass of sauvignon balnc and you are off to the races. Or our Chicken salad with dill and lemon has a very fresh flavor and can be used as a salad or on sandwiches such as a croissant or french bread with buttery lettuce.

4. Home-made Cookies: Our cookies have traveled with our customers all over the country! From New England to California. Buttery and crisp oatmeal raisin cookies vs. our Really, really (!), good chocolate chip cookies is a toss up, but our new cookie,white chocolate chunk and macadamia cookie, is in the race for favorites. We do not use imitation white chocolate chips. These have large chunks of white chocolate and macadamia nuts in a buttery cookie. Crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. Yum!

5. Citrus Iced Tea: For a refreshing and different taste from plain iced tea, we suggest our citrus iced tea (not on our menu but available upon request). Sun brewed tea with orange juice and lemon.

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