Author: Jessica Leeburg

Jessica is the Creative Director at Cape Publishing
Flat spread of a Thanksgiving table laid with food

Where to dine in Cape May this Thanksgiving

Whether you’re on vacation to the Jersey Shore or giving yourself a much-deserved break from cooking, there is no reason to feel guilty about dining out on Thanksgiving. Several of our restaurants will be open and offering special menus featuring, yes, turkey. Reservations are a must to guarantee seating, and please be sure to tip… Read more »

Entrance of the Cricket Club

A look inside the new Cricket Club

We’d hoped to publish this post for you last week, but we were busy finishing up the Winter issue of Cape May Magazine. Please enjoy this (slightly belated) look at the new Cricket Club! From the outside, the building still resembles the Merion Inn, but a step through the front door of the Cricket Club… Read more »

Moving past single use: New Jersey’s plastic bag ban goes into effect on May 4th

Cape May approved an ordinance limiting single-use plastic shopping bags two years ago, and the rest of the state is about to catch up. Beginning May 4th, single-use plastic takeout bags and polystyrene foam takeout containers will no longer be provided by retail and grocery stores or food service businesses throughout the state. Single-use paper… Read more »

Scallops

5 scallop recipes you can make tonight

Cape May-Wildwood is the one of the largest fishing ports on the East Coast, and one of our stars is the Atlantic Sea Scallop—a meaty, sweet-tasting mollusk that cooks up in just a few minutes and is delicious accompanied by both savory and fruit flavors. If you’ve only had the smaller bay scallops, imagine a… Read more »