Back row L-R: Melissa Mosely, Eric Goldreyer, Willow Coyle, Janice Hollis, Sara Shusta, Kallia Shook, Bevin Gaines, Matt Gregory, Denis Kashkin, Eugene Tokarev, Jon Wofford, John Banczak
Row 3: Veronica Gonzales, Mary Scheltz-Wendel, Hallie Williams, Sandy Soule, Sarah Stotts, Andrew Ratner, Paul Bui, Shana Moffitt
Row 2: Elsa Carreker, Meghan Scott, Jessica Batt, Kesha Orr, Rachel Rivas, Cledstone Jordan
Front row: Matt Howe, Tim Wilson, Tom Beattie, Eric Carr, Brian Megless, Adam Wendel

Barb & Fred Vogel, owners of the award-winning inn, Sea Crest by the Sea, have just published With Love from Sea Crest by the Sea, perfect for holiday entertaining ideas AND  perfect for holiday gift-giving. Filled with 135 of guests’  favorite recipes (including Jersey Shore Potatoes, Croissant French Toast, Mike's Tomato Pie, and Rainy Day Sangria), this cookbook is great for holiday entertaining and holiday gift-giving. Recipes range from delicious breakfast dishes, to sinful desserts, to tasty hors d’oeuvres; some are surprisingly quick and easy, others a bit more advanced.  It’s compiled as a loose-leaf notebook, making it easy to use because the pages lie flat, but can also be removed for easy reference while cooking/baking. To order a copy, click here. 

Note:  Sea Crest was located in charming Spring Lake, NJ, but was sold as a private home in 2007.  For information on other delightful area inns, click here.

We are thrilled to share the news that one of our member inns, the Inn at Riverbend, won the Gold at the “The Inn-Credible Breakfast Cook-Off,” designed to recognize the best “inn” breakfast in North America. The inn, located in Pearisburg, Virginia, won with its “Breakfast Sushi,” submitted by Linda Hayes and Eric Hanson. 

“Breakfast Sushi” was the result of brainstorming over the summer months. Since Eric eats sushi weekly, the team decided to try the concept of sushi to create a new menu item with the wrapper being a different “vessel” to deliver breakfast flavors similar to Eggs Benedict. Using flavored soy wrappers rather than traditional nori diminishes the strong flavor of the seaweed. Virginia country ham makes one of them a perfect Colonial roll! 

One of my favorite inns in Vermont is The Inn at Weston. We love the location, the inn is beautiful and the inn’s restaurant is outstanding. The memorable meals are enhanced by the live piano music that accompanies dinner. The restaurant's bar is cozy and has a separate pub menu for casual dining.

Innkeepers Bob and Linda Aldrich and their staff are dedicated to making your stay memorable. Afternoon refreshments are served in the library and guest rooms are beautifully appointed, most with fireplaces. The inn’s greenhouse holds one of, if not the largest, private collection of orchid plants in the northeast, and many of the plants adorn the inn and guest rooms.

You can read a helpful article in today’s Baltimore Sun on this same topic by clicking here, and see photos of the Inn at Peralynna Manor, a Best of BedandBreakfast.com Awards winner by clicking here.