Joyeux Mardi Gras mes cheres! It’s a cold and rainy day before Samedi Gras here in New Orleans — something outsiders don’t appreciate, that Mardi Gras weather is DICEY. So rather than traipsing around the French Quarter in the cold rain, this Pirate is holed up in her warm galley making rice calas. These are…
We’re at the St. Thomas food market, USVI, and lo ‘n behold there is a SPECIAL on goat meat! Well this pirate is certainly not going to pass up a deal like this… $3.99 marked down from $5.99/lb.! The thought of it sent me back to Kenya in the late 70’s, the first time I had goat. It…
We have a very close sailing friend — for his privacy, we will refer to him by the title we use half the time anyway due to his own formidable culinary skills…The Happy Hindu — who will likely be booking a flight within minutes of this posting in order to keel haul me for my…
Saturday night at anchor in the West River. Caroline is breaking out the pressure cooker for moroccan chicken, so we have starter and sides duty. We’ll stay roughly in the region with tabouleh for a side (future post…nothing outrageously unique as a recipe, but one of my favorite summer sides — cool, with grain and…