Hail To The Chef

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Victoria Clark-Jones and Valerie Wenz share the cooking chores at their gourmet shop, Mrs. Thoumy’s, in Pelican Plaza.

Chances are, you won’t go hungry, but there are days when you lack either the time or the inclination to cook (sometimes both). Prepared foods are just as important in a resort town as in a metropolitan city. Vacationers and retirees don’t want to spend hours grocery shopping and cooking any more than the working stiffs do. Hence the surge in DDIY (don’t-do-it-yourself) meals.

Happily, your dining-in dilemma can be solved by several gourmet shops in Vero Beach. Chelsea’s, Mrs. Thoumy’s, Carlucci’s, and Elizabeth Kennedy’s can save the day or, at least, save your image as a super Mom. And you’ll get a good meal with minimum effort.

Read the entire article in the March 1999 issue

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