82-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 3 1993 Tulip Tour Bursts With Ideas For Food, Flowers, Decor LOU ANN GOOD Lancaster Fanning Staff EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.) Sunny skies and warm breezes inspire homemakers to make their homes a lovelier place inside and outside. A reservoir of ideas for flowers, food, and home decor awaits those who participate in the Tulip Tour. The sixth annual Kitchen Kapcr “Tulip Tour” on Monday, April 26 from 9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m., is sponsored by the Woman’s Club of Ephrata. Seven homes will be open. In every kitchen a chef will prepare food samples for you to taste. Also in every home, local florists and greenhouses will be adding their decorative touches. In conjunction with the Tour, craft people will have their dis plays set up at the Ephrata Church of the Brethren, 201 Crescent Avenue, Ephrata. All craft items will be for sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The craft displays will be open earlierand close later than the Tour so everyone has lime to attend both. Beverages and rest room facilities will also be avail able at the church. Tickets cost $6 in advance and $7 the day of the tour. No tickets will be sold at the individual homes on the day of the Tour, but they may be purchased at the Church of the Brethren on the day of the Tour, April 26. For advance tick ets, please send a stamped, self addressed business size #lO enve lope with a check payable to the Woman’s Club of Ephrata, to Mrs. Elsie Minnich, 1141 Joann Avenue, Ephrata, PA. 17522 or by calling (717) 733-1075 or (717) 733-3528. Andy and Diane Fletcher, 251 Mason Drive, Ephrata, recently moved into a new contemporary style home located in the Brick yard development. Natural light spills from the many windows of all shapes and sizes that dominate the architectur al lines of the house. The Fletchers use a smattering of country decor that blends tradition with the mod Fox Chase Rooted In Farm Background Sean Molignonl, head chef, and Doug Graybill, food ser vice manager, display some of the food that they serve at Fox Chase. ernness of a whirlpool bath and designer window treatments in the formal living room. The kitchen has oak cabinets by Foxcrafl with white and brass handles and a porcelain sink. A small blue jelly cupboard, pottery and country curtains add to this home’s charm. Entered in the 1992 Lancaster County Realtors Parade of Homes by the builder, the Fletchers’ home won “Best of Show” as well as “Best of Show Kitchen” and “Best of Show Master Bathroom.” Fox Chase Golf Club and Restaurant, 300 Stevens Road, Stevens, will have their chef dish ing out samples. Chris’s Floral Designs, Chris Good, owner and designer, Indian Run Road. Ste vens, will add the decorative touches. • Also located in the Brick yard Development at 114 Gery Court, Ephrata, is the home own ed by Mr. and Mrs. Zev Kopeika. This two and a-half-year-old split level home has a completely diffe rent decor. A slightly modem look with sharp contrasts in colors of white, charcoal, and black. Upon entering the foyer, you can go downstairs to a large recreation room, an office with bedroom and a bathroom with a jacuzzi to relax. As you go up the stairs to the dining room, be sure to look down into the two-story living room. The dining room features a rectangle glass table surrounded by white covered chairs. Take note of the overhead dining room light. In the kitchen the cabinets have a whitewashed look, black counter lops and black and white floor tiles. To add a splash of color, Mrs. Kopeika took sponges dipped in aqua paint and sponged her walls. The addition of metallic fish placed on the wall gives that per sonal touch to her kitchen. Doors lead from the dining room and kitchen to an outdoor deck. Country Pride, (the Barbecue Place), Route 272, Denver, will provide the food samples. Jim Hummel, designer, D and E Mark- Andy and Diane Fletcher with daughter Tayler talk about the upcoming Tulip Tour when their home will be decorated by Chris’s Floral Design and Fox Chase Restaurant will serve chicken strips with dijon marinade to everyone who' rticlpates In the tour. The home of Andrew and Diane Fletcher is one of seven homes featured on the sixth annual Kitchen Kaper Tulip Tour to be held Monday, April 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. cling of Ephrata, will add his This one-story contemporary feet- The large entrance hall fca dcsigning touch to this home. ranch home was built in 1992 and lures oak hardwood flooring. The allows the family the easy living living room features a baby grand • One of the homes featured look they desired. Made from clay piano and music stand where mus on the tour is the home of Mr. and colored bricks and accented by «c lessons are given. When enter- Mrs. Dennis Schoneweller, 945 green shutters, this four bedroom ing the family room, kitchen and Martin Avenue, Ephrata. home offers over 2,800 square (Turn to Page 822) LOU ANN GOOD Lancaster Farming Staff STEVENS (Lancaster Co.) One of the restaurants preparing food during the Kitchen Kaper Tulip Tour has its roots in farming. Fox Chase Restaurant evolved from the Graybill dairy farm, which was transformed into a golf course and restaurant two years ago. Mazie Graybill was bom on the farm and has lived there all her life. Now 92, Mazie said, “The view from my window has changed. And, I’d say, for the better.” Instead of cornfields, Mazie looks over rolling greens. She said, “The golf course doesn’t spoil anything; it makes it nicer.” “We wanted to keep the land as open as possible,” her grandson, Doug, explained. “We didn’t want to turn it into a development as most golf courses do.” The lay of the land has changed little except three ponds were added, a few rises, and hundreds of trees planted. Doug’s father and uncle, Arthur and Irvin Graybill, own the land. Doug is food service manager and his cousin Steve oversees the golf course. Doug said that he got interested in food preparation when his parents and two brothers opened a dairy store on the farm. It was named Triple G Dairy Store in reference to the three Graybill brothers who opened it. One passed away in 1986 and since then the children of the original owners became involved in the business. “Triple G began offering assorted salads and other deli items and soon people were asking us if we’d provide the food for recep tions and picnics,” Doug said. That is how Doug’s catering business, called Triple G Catering, began. Doug recognized a need for a gathering place where groups could hold receptions, parties, and picnics. When Fox Chase was built, a spacious dining area was added and an outdoor pavilion with the idea that it would be available to golfers as well as non-golfers. “We want to stress that the restaurant is open to everyone and not just golfers even though it is located on the golf premises,” Doug said. The dining room with its many windows offers a panoramic view of the land and the large pavilion is in a wooded area that also over looks the rolling greens. “We try to be health conscious in our menus,” Doug said. “Every thing is made fresh when ordered. We use no processed entrees.” The restaurant menu includes traditional luncheons; the banquet entrees include Salmon with Bcar naise, Flounder Mediterranean, and Fetlucini Prima Vera. “Anything that is not on the menu can be prepared upon request,” Doug said. Mesquite wood to enhance fla vor is used for grilling. The cater ing menu offers everything from pig roasts to clam bakes. Doug, his wife and children are now the fifth generation of Gray bills to live in the farmhouse. The main house is a log cabin with a second story added above the sum mer kitchen. According to Doug’s grand mother, it’s traditional for the new ly married couples of each family to move into the farmhouse and have their parents build a house on the farmland. Mazie and her husband had five sons. She said, “We are a close family and we even live close together.” She is proud that her children work together so well. “They learned that working on the farm,” she said. “We taught them to work and go to Sunday school.” Although Mazie has had two strokes and a cardiac arrest, she has recovered and walks a lot around the golf course. She even tries her hand at golfing. She likes when Doug stops in to (Turn to Page 822)
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