JayVaBeach

Real Name:

Jay

Location:

Norfolk, VA (Downtown/Freemason)

Best meal I ever ate:

9 course Brunch near the Gorge de Verdon in the South of France

My current drink of choice:

Stoli up chilled with a spit of Pomegranate, White Rockstars, Dean & Deluca Georgetown Blend with half & half & splenda or Chilled H2o

I really wish I could:

Play the piano well - particularly Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

A large cut of Clemson Blue along with thin, sharp Ginger Snaps & honey for dipping + a beautiful Orchid for the Host/ess

My favorite comfort food:

Ina Garten's Croissant Bread Pudding OR good old-fashioned stove top Popcorn popped with Sunday morning's bacon grease & topped with melted Plugra & freshly grated parmesan - yumyum!

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Doumar's in Norfolk, VA, Zanzibarth Restaurant in St. Barts, Mecca in San Francisco, CA, Blue Point in Duck, NC & the commemorative Sydney Meer's, "Dumbwaiter" in downtown Norfolk, VA - truly missed!

My most tattered cookbooks:

A collection of old seasoned, well-handled index cards from both my Grandmother's & Mother's supperclubs from the 50s, 60s & 70s and of course, Barefoot (all of them)