The first time I had celery soup was at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. We were seated in a ballroom surrounded by one of the world’s largest collections of Rococo art. While the music played and people schmoozed, a handsome attendant dressed in 18th century attire stepped onto the dining room floor and pounded his…
Or as they call it colloquially, “Gumbo Z’herbes” or just green gumbo. Sure, it’s the Friday before Superbowl Sunday and we would normally be serving up a recipe for your game day snacking: something like our bourbon shrimp pops, crab stuffed mushroom caps, jalapeno poppers or — if the Saints were playing — oysters rocketfeller…
One of the challenges of food blogging is how to select the photo that makes the food look best empirically vs. the photo that makes it look genuine in the context of your own reality (and, if you are remotely calibrated to your readership, their own). I am going to be abruptly honest here: 2019 has…
Happy day after Thanksgiving! Or Black Friday as many call it. We will still be on our boat celebrating a pirate’s favorite holiday as this publishes so no shopping for us. I just wanted to share with you the soup we served at our Thanksgiving feast. Don’t think for a moment this can’t be made…
Happy National Catfish Day, Scallywags! Okay, so a couple of introductory explanations. First, here in Cajun country, it’s pronounced “Coo-BEE-yohn” with a silent “n” … which isn’t normal “en Francais.” Second, it’s Cajun so it’s thick and highly spiced and stew like, as opposed to the french version which I am told is a delicate…
Throw back to one year ago: World ARC 2018. I planned this meal in advance of this epic trip knowing we had lots of tofu on board. Tofu is a great protein to take cruising, as purchased in cans, it does not require refrigeration. And beautiful Torie, Admiral of beautiful SV Solitude, loves her tofu…