{"id":899205,"date":"2026-04-14T13:24:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/31-kentucky-derby-food-and-drink-recipes\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T13:24:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:24:57","slug":"31-kentucky-derby-food-and-drink-recipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/31-kentucky-derby-food-and-drink-recipes\/","title":{"rendered":"31 Kentucky Derby Food and Drink Recipes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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These Kentucky Derby party recipes bring the spirit of Churchill Downs to your house. While anything Southern goes on race day, we like to opt for party foods and appetizers that guests can pick up with their fingers\u2014think buttery roasted pecans, deviled eggs, and shrimp salad on toast. (pimento cheese<\/a> and buttermilk biscuits<\/a> are high on the list too.)<\/p>\n

It wouldn\u2019t be Derby Day without something to toast with as you watch the most exciting two minutes in sports. Mint juleps, punch, and other bourbon cocktails<\/a> are all classic choices. As for the ornate headwear<\/a>, seersucker suits, and profusion of pastels that usually accompany this horse race, well, that\u2019s your call.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Recipes These Kentucky Derby party recipes bring the spirit of Churchill Downs to your house. While anything Southern goes on race day, we like to opt for party foods and appetizers that guests can pick up with their fingers\u2014think buttery roasted pecans, deviled eggs, and shrimp salad on toast. (pimento cheese and buttermilk biscuits are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":899206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31369,22784],"tags":[131512],"class_list":{"0":"post-899205","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-derby","8":"category-kentucky","9":"tag-popular-recipes"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/899206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}