Easter comes a bit early this year, and the Hotel chefs are planning a bountiful buffet for the Grand Dining Room and for the Courtyard at Crane restaurants. The menus are a celebration of this beautiful holiday.

Times: Grand Dining Room: 11:00 am – 2:30 pm;
Courtyard at Crane: 11:30 am – 2:30 pm.

Please call (912) 635-2600 or (800) 535-9547 for reservations or make your reservations online for the Grand Dining Room.

Easter Brunch
Grand Dining Room and Courtyard at Crane
April 4, 2010

Salads and Appetizers
Cashew Chicken Salad with Currents and Golden Raisins
Roasted Corn and Roma Tomato Salad
Mixed Salad Greens with Assorted Toppings
Chef attended Caesar Salad Station
Roasted Lamb and Barley Soup
Assorted Artisan Breads with infused and flavored Oils
Tropical Fruit Tree with Assorted Melons and Berries
Fresh Baked Danishes and Pastries
American and European Cheese Marbles
Chef's Mélange of Pates
Smoked and Cured Meats Marbles
Assorted Smoked Seafood and Gravlax
Whole Poached Salmon
Chilled Shrimp Cocktail with King Crab Legs and Claws

Omelets and Waffles
Bacon, Ham, Onions, Peppers, Tomatoes, Mushrooms,
Shrimp, Salsa and Cheese
Bacon, Sausage and Cheese Grits
Belgian Waffles with Raspberry Sauce, Chocolate Sauce,
Maple Syrup, and Whipped Cream

Stations
Slow Roasted Herb-Crusted Prime Rib with Natural Jus and Horseradish Cream
Maple-Marmalade Glazed Ham with House Dijon Sauce,
Buttermilk Biscuits
Citrus Champagne Braised Red Snapper with Rice Pilaf
Young Vegetable Sauté
Mashed Potato Bar with Chives, Butter,
crumbled Bacon and Cheese

Desserts
Traditional Easter Desserts, Ice Cream Sundae Bar and Our Pastry Chef's Specialty Selections

Congratulations to the winner in February of the Jekyll Island Club Hotel Photo Contest on Flickr! Mike Cosham of Richmond, Ontario, Canada, wins two nights’ accommodations at the Hotel as his prize, and publication of his excellent photograph in our Club News and on Flickr. Mr. Cosham’s photograph, pictured on the left, was taken in March, 2008. Mike writes, “My wife and I have visited Jekyll Island for the last five years, and we’ll be returning again this spring. We never tire of walking the beach, bike riding or walking the trails and seeing the historic district.”

You, too, can be a winner!

If you enjoy sharing your best shots of your Jekyll Island visit with others on Flickr, run them by us first. Be eligible to win a two-night stay at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel! The contest is held monthly, and winners are announced in issues of this newsletter.

If you're new to Flickr, it's an image hosting website, web services suite, and online community. An exciting way to share and embed photographs, it's also a service used by bloggers to host images they embed in blogs and social media.

Your still photographs are eligible for this Jekyll Island Club Hotel competition, and it's this easy. Email your still image entry to sandersson@jekyllclub.com as an attachment. In the email, be sure to include the following information:

Name of the photographer
Contact information: phone number and email address, city and state
Caption of still image
Date the image was captured
Permission for the Jekyll Island Club Hotel to use the image on Flickr, YouTube, and other media.

A few rules:
1. The image must have been taken by the contestant on Jekyll Island.
2. Contestants may enter one image each month.
3. Deadline for submissions is the last business day of the month.