Shawarma is a Middle Eastern street food that’s slow roasted for days from a vertical rotisserie, similar to gyro meat. It is marinated and juicy, served in pocket pitas with tomatoes, cucumbers and yogurt sauce. To those of you familiar with the flavors and smells of Dubai (sadly, this pirate has not had that opportunity!)…
Yep, still in our open-air galley here in New Orleans, doing as much as we can on the transom grill and otherwise up top until autumn weather kicks in. Tonight we adapted a recipe from one of my favorite cookbooks — The Thrill of the Grill — into what I like to call a…
Galley Pirates Truth Bomb* : we do not make a completely new and different meal every day of our lives. When you are not looking, we — like other mere maritime mortals — repeat our favorites and go-to’s (go’s-to?) and standbys over and over again. We do endeavor not to tire you all with repetition,…
Cruisers rave about the San Blas Islands. And I get it. Totally. These are remote islands off the Atlantic coast of Panama inhabited by a few local Kuna Indians. The islands are tiny, with canopies of coconut palms shading the scattered make-shift dwellings of the locals.
Today we Galley Pirates are welcoming guest pirate Ann as she walks us through her Italian family’s homemade pizza recipe. On a grill! On a boat! Aaargh! Heavenly Grilled Pizza – so named for two reasons. I first created this pizza recipe on a Mission Trip to Ulaanbaatar Mongolia two years ago when my hosts…
Ahoy hungry scallywags! If ye all have been following Galley Pirates since its start years ago, you might recognize a few posts recently, as we return to some of our greatest hits, prepared under different circumstances. In this case, these over-the-top delicious burgers were prepared from the Upward Wing galley, in mass one Fourth of…