It’s that time of year when hearty comfort food reigns. Pot roasts and potatoes, gravy, casseroles, roast chicken. And with these meals comes the classic “leftovers” dish…pot pie. No galley chef likes to keep leftovers in the ice box for too long. Stored food gets banged around, tipped over, leaks, and ultimately falls to the…
If you’re hiding skeletons in your wet locker tonight, watch out! You may hear your engine start, your dock lines hacked, and the heron calls turned to raven cries. It’s Halloween. So beware that the dead may come alive in your cockpit to take you out to sea.
You MUST have a heuvos rancheros recipe for those mornings where you want something warm and filling, but not too challenging. Like when you will be weighing anchor on a foggy morning, or camping up north in autumn. This is an astoundingly good recipe, adapted from one of Emeril’s…I believe our most recent guests said…
If I was asked to recommend only one off-shore staple on a cold crossing, it would have to be Norwegian Meatballs, or Kjøttkaker. Kept warm in your oven, it’s the easiest way to get a quick bite of nourishment when you come off a chilly, wet watch. Open the oven and pop a couple in…
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…
I have a love-hate with Paul Prudhomme. I LOVE his food. In my opinion, he has the best collection of Cajun recipes around. (although I need my co-pirate’s opinion on that since, as you recall by the Crawfish Boil post, she is married to a native New Orleanian. If that’s what you call them. I…