Breads & Muffins
French Baguettes
Tough times we are in right now. The stores are cleaned out of everything....including bread. But who ...
Rice Calas
Joyeux Mardi Gras mes cheres! It's a cold and rainy day before Samedi Gras here in New Orleans -- ...
Shrimp Tacos With Homemade Flour Tortillas
Ahhhhh, Memorial Day weekend. Start of summer, and glorious galley adventures. And what better on-board ...
Pan de Muerto (Bread of the Dead)
Happy Halloween! It's that time of year again when Galley Pirates celebrates Día de Muertos, the Mexican ...
Breakfasts
Kolaches (aka TX breakfast hot dogs)
There was a time when your faithful Pirate had not heard of these wonderful one-handed breakfast treats. ...
Breakfast Crunch Wraps
Just like the convenience of a drive through Taco Bell, my skipper and I got to sit in the cockpit while ...
Spinach, Feta & Sun Dried Tomato Egg Cups
A grab-and-go breakfast is never overrated on a sailboat. These can be eaten under way with nothing ...
German Apple Pancake
The thing about Easter is it's always still a little chilly -- spring, no doubt, but not necessarily ...
Cookies
Gingerbread Crew
If there is one thing the internet has done, it's to bring home the fact that, with 6+ billion of us ...
Calaveritas
Happy Dia de Los Muertos, Skallywags! We decided on a slight twist to the traditional cookie for the ...
Shortbread Christmas Cookies
Happy High-Seas Holidays from your Galley Pirates! Caroline and Kristin got in the holiday ...
Christmas Biscotti
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Time to deck the decks, set holly in your drip rails, a ...
Cooking Under Pressure
Pressure Cooker Beef Short Ribs
Sometimes a crew just needs meat and potatoes, ya know? And no better cut than short ribs for flavor, ...
Desserts
Scandinavian Almond Cake
There's something about the simplicity of the old world pound cakes that are utterly romantic. The minimal ...
French Persimmon Tart
I had lunch with friends last week in Alexandria. What a treat! Little did we know, Kathy was bringing ...
Blueberry Grunt
A Fungy, a Grunt and a Cobbler. This is not the beginning of a joke or a scene from Wizard of Oz. They ...
Coffee Flummery
This brilliant and storied dessert recipe comes courtesy of our friends Amy and Mark, and particularly ...
Drinks
Piña Colada
An army of Koa warriors is infiltrating our saloon armed with Piña Coladas. That's the way I like to ...
Cantaloupe Cocktail Hour
In Pirate Caroline's anchorage, it's Eastern Shore 'Loupe season; in Pirate Kristin's it's not nearly ...
Talk Like a Pirate? This Moby Drink Is a Clap o’ Thunder!
Aye, mateys, you guessed it ... it's Talk Like a Pirate Day! And yer faithful Galley Pirates are giving ...
Grilled Peach Bourbon Julep
I looked it up: a "julep" is a genre of drink -- the most famous but not only of which is the fabled ...
Fish & Seafood
Crawfish and Asparagus Risotto
We hope you all are well. Social distancing and self-isolation being a normal, periodic thing for ...
Ahi Poke
Poke (pronounced poh-keh) originated from native Hawaiian fishermen, Lawai'a, who would slice up small ...
Salmon en Croute
Creating what I call the Pescatarian version of Beef Wellington, this entree gives a spectacular presentation, ...
Sicilian Seared Tuna
I was recently asked to prepare a gluten free, sugar free meal on board Night Town. I'm surprised I ...
Meat
Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
It's that time of year when it's still a little cold and the season is still a little boring, but pirates ...
Pressure Cooker Beef Short Ribs
Sometimes a crew just needs meat and potatoes, ya know? And no better cut than short ribs for flavor, ...
Peas, Greens, and Andouille Stew
One of the challenges of food blogging is how to select the photo that makes the food look best empirically ...
Shepherd’s Pie Made Easy
I can't believe I'm the Galley Pirate lucky enough to happen upon Shepherd's Pie as dry blog-powder. ...
On the Grill
Caveman Caprese
Yep, still in our open-air galley here in New Orleans, doing as much as we can on the transom ...
Chimichurri Steak Tacos
Galley Pirates Truth Bomb* : we do not make a completely new and different meal every day of our lives. ...
Fresh Lobsters, Two Ways
Cruisers rave about the San Blas Islands. And I get it. Totally. These are remote islands off the Atlantic ...
Heavenly Grilled Pizza
Today we Galley Pirates are welcoming guest pirate Ann as she walks us through her Italian family's ...
Pizza & Flatbreads
Hawaiian Pizza
So maybe I'm posting this Hawaiian pizza recipe just so I can throw in my skipper's recent photos of ...
Mushroom Galette
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip, that started from this tropic ...
Reuben Flatbread
Do you want something super yummy and super easy to take to your next football party? Something filling, ...
Bacon and Sweet Potato Galette
This, my fellow pirates, was EASY and DELICIOUS. Wow...this recipe showed up in the Wall Street ...
Poultry
Dirty Bird
This pirate is not much of a sports fan. I like sports ... just don't have the time or bandwidth to ...
Fatteh and Fatoush
End of summer special, here, from your southernmost Galley Pirate. A little Levantine leavening for ...
Chicken Tostadas With Homemade Refried Beans
This is one of my go-to recipes for when I have leftover cooked chicken. And refried beans are one ...
Jerk Turkey Balls
If you love the flavor of Jamaican Jerk Chicken but find it's not terribly convenient to make or consume ...
Pressure Cooking
Pork Pozole
Since we Galley Pirates seem to have a Latin American theme going here, let me throw in my favorite ...
Irish Lamb Stew
I agreed to cover the St. Patrick's Day post this year. Even though we have a serious cold front coming ...
Pressure Cooker Turkey Breast with Cranberry Orange Sauce
Thanksgiving turkey without an oven? I don't know if the pilgrims were onto this culinary concept ...
Thick as Pea Soup
By the time you read this my skipper and I should be happily onboard beautiful SV Solitude in USVI, ...
Salads
Curried Chicken and Greens
Well. After all my whimpering last week about how not-carefree the year had been, as I prepared my ...
Fatteh and Fatoush
End of summer special, here, from your southernmost Galley Pirate. A little Levantine leavening for ...
Watercress Salad with Mango & Avocado
This colorful salad is the perfect combination of sweet and peppery, tangy and mild ingredients. When ...
Caprese Pasta Salad
It's tomato season!! They're ripe and fresh off the vine in every market. Plum tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, ...
Sandwiches & One Handers
Kolaches (aka TX breakfast hot dogs)
There was a time when your faithful Pirate had not heard of these wonderful one-handed breakfast treats. ...
The Great New Orleans Ferdie Po’ Boy
These are so over-the-top you don't even find them at every po' boy restaurant in New Orleans. Pioneered ...
Smokey Sloppy Sliders
If any of you have spent time in Iowa you might be familiar with the traditionally popular Maid-Rites. ...
Jerk Turkey Balls
If you love the flavor of Jamaican Jerk Chicken but find it's not terribly convenient to make or consume ...
Sauces
Roasted Tomatillo Salsa Verde
A good salsa verde recipe is a staple; absolutely critical to the functioning of a boat and its crew. ...
Chimichurri Steak Tacos
Galley Pirates Truth Bomb* : we do not make a completely new and different meal every day of our lives. ...
Asparagus Omelette with Jarlsberg Cheese Sauce
The sun finally came through today, just in time for USNA Commissioning Week! It's Annapolis' rite ...
India Night II – Fresh Naan with Raita
Continuing on with our India Night recipes we're going to walk you through making fresh Naan, then ...
Sides
Crawfish and Asparagus Risotto
We hope you all are well. Social distancing and self-isolation being a normal, periodic thing for ...
Fried Rice With Spring Vegetables
Fried rice is one of my favorite dishes to turn to when you aren't quite sure what you have the fixings ...
Ratatouille, His-n-Hers
The crew of Upward Wing are very compatible; few sources of friction; all maritime marital bliss. ...
Relish That Corn Salad
At a loss for what to bring to the July 4th dockside party? Forget the potato salad or deviled eggs ...
Snacks & Starters
Holiday Crab Rangoon Cups
I had Crab Rangoon at a restaurant last week. It was one of their week's specials, and knowing I was ...
Cocktail Crackers
My friend Carol introduced me to these gluten-free, practically carb-free home made crackers, or as ...
Lump Crab Loaded Nachos
There are few dishes that a Marylander won't add crab to (although I have yet to see Crab Smoothies, ...
Prosciutto e Melone
No, it's not Friday. We're just getting an early start to kick off Cantaloupe Weekend! Maryland's ...
Soups & Stews
Celery Soup
The first time I had celery soup was at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. We were seated in a ballroom ...
Gumbo Des Herbes
Or as they call it colloquially, "Gumbo Z'herbes" or just green gumbo. Sure, it's the Friday before ...
Peas, Greens, and Andouille Stew
One of the challenges of food blogging is how to select the photo that makes the food look best empirically ...
Pheasant Mushroom Cream Soup
Happy day after Thanksgiving! Or Black Friday as many call it. We will still be on our boat celebrating ...
Surf & Turf
Caveman Caprese
Yep, still in our open-air galley here in New Orleans, doing as much as we can on the transom ...
Shrimp Lardon on Fettuccini
Lardons, French salt pork similar to bacon or pancetta, are used as a seasoning for braised meat and ...
Cajun Singapore Noodles
So by now you all know Pirate Caroline is spending the first two months of her 2018 lounging about a ...
Pan-Pacific Kabobs
Interesting day today on Galley Pirates! We were at anchor, making Asian kabobs two ways...but more ...
Vegetarian
Tofu Pad Thai with Broccolini
If any of your New Years resolutions included eating less meat, this is a great recipe to keep in your ...
Mushroom Galette
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip, that started from this tropic ...
Pumpkin Pierogis
Having drinks in the cockpit with friends we thought we knew, a "past life secret" slips out. Nancy ...
Spinach, Feta & Sun Dried Tomato Egg Cups
A grab-and-go breakfast is never overrated on a sailboat. These can be eaten under way with nothing ...