There will be quite a lot of exciting and delicious food and drink in each of the three main rooms of the house. Some of the fare includes:
- Five excellent Vermont cheeses: the crowd-pleasing Cabot Sharp 2-lb wheel, the Blythedale Farm Vermont Brie, Jasper Hill's Bayley Hazen Blue, Jasper Hill's Harbison, and the Bound for Glory Vermont Cheddar.
- Italian corner: Reggiano Parmesan, assorted salumi from J. Pace and Sons in the North End
- Pate Foie Gras en Croute, Pate Campagne, and an assortment of charcuterie
- The celebrated Lobster Salad, Cold Poached Salmon, and shrimp cocktail with a tarragon cocktail sauce
- Oysters on the half-shell, and red and black caviar
- Assorted canapés: ham salad with mustard pickle on whole-grain rye, caviar and lemon,
- The tenderloin with a Sauce Madere, a Fox ham from Canterbury, NH, and a smoked turkey breast from the Smoke House in Norwell, MA
- Assorted vegetable side dishes and breadstuffs
- Wines and ales to complement the foods, plus a few interesting characters like a Pedro Ximenez Sherry with Marcona Almonds, served with that Harbison soft cheese in a quiet nook.
- The champagne toast to the past presidents
- The fabulous desserts, including the pastry swans and petit-fours, the Nesselrode Pudding, the Plum Pudding, and more