High Tide

The CapeMay.com blog

Nature meets nurture at St. Mary-by-the-Sea

Nuns believe in miracles. And they’ll tell you it’s miraculous that their 116 year old St. Mary-by-the-Sea retreat still survives the wrath of the aggressive Atlantic Ocean. The storm-tossed high dunes are at their back door, at the very tip of New Jersey. The U-shaped white Victorian building, with its aprons of open porches has… Read more »

Corn cobs

Harvest is in Swing

This is a great time of year. The weather cools off slightly and the harvest is in full swing. One of the great things about growing up in New Jersey near a farm was fresh corn. Iowa and Nebraska can use their corn for ethanol and baseball fields with imaginary players. In the Garden State… Read more »

MA500: Sportfishing’s main event

Dostoyevsky said that “money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.” Dostoyevsky obviously never competed in the Mid-Atlantic $500,000 Sportfishing Tournament. The MA500 rolls into town for its 16th annual incarnation on August 19th through the 24th at the Canyon Club Resort Marina in Cape May. The week-long… Read more »

Clam chowder

Shellfish and Crustaceans

Lately in this space it seems I have been mulling over obtuse theories on food. This month I promised (she threatened me) my editor I would refrain from such ramblings on obscure theories. So instead, I have been pondering obscure food sayings and one such cliché has stuck in my mind. Are clams really happy?… Read more »

The Cook-off

By Colleen Brogan • Photographs by Lindsy Ray When George’s Place announced it would be hosting a cook-off between Chef John Karapanagiotis and his brother, Peter, there was much talk of what would be at stake. Rumors of money, treasured possessions, and trips to exotic destinations were the buzz around the restaurant, but most of… Read more »