Happy High-Seas Holidays from your Galley Pirates! Caroline and Kristin got in the holiday spirit this weekend by baking the obligatory Christmas cut-out cookies. But do we do ANYTHING the obligatory way? ARRRRR, no! So nautical cookie cutters it was, and Captain Peter’s grandmother’s Dutch butter cookie recipe.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Time to deck the decks, set holly in your drip rails, a tree in your cockpit and lights up your mast. Annapolis Parade of Lights will get under way on Saturday so this Galley Pirate needs to get cooking! We’ll be sharing some holiday treats in the…
These absurdly delicious no-bake, almost fudge like cookie bars originate from a Canadian city on Vancouver Island, but this weekend aboard Upward Wing I made them decidedly Cajun by adding them as a “second verse” of a local joke. As it’s told, as a hurricane was approaching the bayou country* one Cajun turned to the…
Mmmmmm…moist carrot cake with cream cheese frosting in a conveniently single-serving-sized (though the equivalent of three regular cupcakes) mini-bundt! I made these for Easter, and particularly to share with marina neighbors — hence the perhaps excessive carrot-themed presentation. But these would be delicious any time. Throw some toasted coconut on top of the frosting instead…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from your Galley Pirates! We hope you enjoyed yesterday’s lamb stew as much as we did. Our guests aboard included two teenagers with whose eating habits I was unfamiliar, and I was concerned they might suffer through the stew only upon orders from their parents, so I decided a consolation prize…
If you like coconut and occasionally experience URGENT cravings for a fresh, warm, homemade cookie that require sating in “slice-n-bake” timeframe or less, then this is your recipe. A handful of ingredients — most of which you probably have, and which are easy to keep on the shelf for just such emergencies — and about…
T’was the night before Christmas…or so we claimed, and comported ourselves accordingly! Having land-obligations for the actual holiday, Upward Wing had Christmas dinner aboard with friends this past weekend. With weather in the mid-70s, your southern Louisiana Pirate wasn’t feeling rich stuffings or green bean casserole or pumpkin pie. Enter Satsumas, a local crop cousin…
This is not one of those desserts you whip up for a hungry crew after a hard sail. This is best saved for those special evenings in the marina when you have time on your hands and appreciative guests who love good food and leisurely dining. This is a decadent dessert, but somewhat time consuming.…
No offshore cruise is complete without cookies on night watches. And like any food when you’re pounding the ocean’s waves…you want something easy, nutritious and satisfying. Many cruisers, including we on Night Town, have an alcohol prohibition offshore. It may be the only time many sailors sober up. So in absence of the usual beer,…
This is a VERY simple, and light, but delicious dressing-up for the season’s best berries. Having grown up in Ventura County, California — the Strawberry Capital of the World, we all knew well — I was at first perplexed to find that this part of Louisiana considers itself the Strawberry Capital of the Universe. I’m not going to…