I alluded ever so vaguely to it two weeks ago … Caroline brushed up closer last week with making bread, because there is none to buy. But this week we have to acknowledge full-on: things are a MESS for those not already sequestered in a floating home where non-cohabitants have at least an anchor line-and-chain’s…
Sometimes a crew just needs meat and potatoes, ya know? And no better cut than short ribs for flavor, well marbled and bone-in, but that’s IF you have a good long time to braise them until they fall off the bone. Tonight I did not have that time. We had a great afternoon sail and…
Well. After all my whimpering last week about how not-carefree the year had been, as I prepared my lucky peas for New Year’s Day, I turned the corner into the new year with a resolution to simply incorporate a little more paradise wherever I can. So for a beautiful southern winter day and a late…
If there is one thing the internet has done, it’s to bring home the fact that, with 6+ billion of us on this planet (most of us with smart phones), there is very little new under the sun. That said, I just had the opportunity to wonder if I was the first person in the…
End of summer special, here, from your southernmost Galley Pirate. A little Levantine leavening for your Friday. Fatteh is one of my favorite dishes at my favorite Lebanese restaurant, and just didn’t seem that daunting — the word actually means “crushed” or “crumbs” … imminently achievable standard in a galley — so I went looking…
These are so over-the-top you don’t even find them at every po’ boy restaurant in New Orleans. Pioneered by Mother’s Restaurant, this classic is variously interpreted as a roast beef po’ boy with ham and cheese or a ham and cheese po ‘boy with roast beef debris. Mother’s didn’t have cheese — it was just…