I looked it up: a “julep” is a genre of drink — the most famous but not only of which is the fabled mint julep — “consisting of a liquor (such as bourbon or brandy) and sugar poured over crushed ice and garnished with mint.” This was a revelation when I made these delicious cocktails…
If you like coconut and occasionally experience URGENT cravings for a fresh, warm, homemade cookie that require sating in “slice-n-bake” timeframe or less, then this is your recipe. A handful of ingredients — most of which you probably have, and which are easy to keep on the shelf for just such emergencies — and about…
This lunch aboard 50-foot trimaran Firefly in late October en route to San Diego from Newport Beach was an outrageously good riff on a Susan Spicer recipe, itself a twist on the traditional Italian sandwich created in New Orleans. When you are cruising down the California coast toward the start of the Baja Ha-Ha rally,…
We spent Father’s Day with a family whose patriarchal dessert of choice was strawberry rhubarb pie, but two days before I had received an exceptional gift of piratey-treasure with a German twist to it, and needed to acknowledge its brilliance immediately. So off to my galley to top a strawberry rhubarb pie with a…
How often have you said “I make the best pickled shrimp” and had the person next to you pipe up and say “no, I make the best pickled shrimp!” Never happened to you? Well, it did to me, and a throw down was born. Our good friend and marina neighbor Anne is the family keeper…
It’s crab season on the Chesapeake, and the numbers are looking good this year for the crab population! So Galley Pirates are offering up an array of recipes using our region’s local favorite. What I like about this Crab Stuffed Mushrooms recipe is that is uses no breading. No bread crumbs, no shredded cheese, no eggs. Instead it’s made…