Not going to lie, these would be THE BOMB as far as night watch food goes, and so I had intended them. Then night watch started early and never ended. We were planning to make a leisurely passage from Lake Pontchartrain to Dauphin Island off Mobile Bay, anchoring briefly before sundown at an interim barrier…
In March, just before we all went into lockdown, this pirate spent two weeks in northern Thailand eating her fill of delicious khao soi, som tam and khao niao mamuang every day. Grateful to make it home before borders were closed, she nonetheless went into Thai food withdrawal, and the first dish she was compelled…
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…
There was a time when your faithful Pirate had not heard of these wonderful one-handed breakfast treats. I KNOW…Captain Peter was equally incredulous when I asked “what are these kolaches?” that I was reading about. “YOU’VE NEVER HAD TEXAS BREAKFAST HOT DOGS?!?” was his response. We met and married late, so we occasionally discover these…
This pirate is not much of a sports fan. I like sports … just don’t have the time or bandwidth to follow them fanatically*. But Louisiana has this fabulous tradition of cooking the opposing team’s mascot — mostly a college football thing, they roast a Cochon de Lait when they play the Razorbacks, alligator when…
Do you ever have those gastronomical descision-making crises where every single ethnic food category seems like exactly what you’re craving? Do I want Thai or Middle Eastern or Vietnamese or Mexican? And then do you ever want said cravings to be available almost instantaneously? And then … do you realize you’re on a boat somewhere…