Books a Sail and San Juan Escape
As the season finally begins to comes to an end I am burnt out. I can image that when you don’t live and work in the same location going home is relaxing, you get away from the stresses of your job and are able to …
stories and recipes from a tall ship cook
As the season finally begins to comes to an end I am burnt out. I can image that when you don’t live and work in the same location going home is relaxing, you get away from the stresses of your job and are able to …
Day 6 Breakfast: Blini with sour cream and jam, breakfast sausage, yoghurt, granola and juice Lunch: Squid stuffed with spinach in a white wine sauce, green beans almondine and leftover mac and cheese Snack: Lamb cigars with yoghurt tahini sauce Dinner: Cachapas with pulled pork, …
This is the big trip of the year that everyone has been waiting for, 10 days in Desolation Sound Canada. It’s a beautiful place and well worth the effort it takes to organize everything to get there, but it is a bit of an organizational …
I have been thinking about planning this menu since I heard this trip was happening last year, yarn and knitting needles are enough inspiration for food. I knew I wanted to make lots of noodley, yarn looking items, something braided to look like knitting and …
Day 1 Lunch: Sri Lankan shrimp curry with streamed rice and turmeric and coconut green beans Snack: Hot artichoke dip Dinner: Flank steak tacos with pickled red onions and cilantro sauce, coriander black beans and grilled zucchini with cotija cheese Today’s lunch was really great, …
Time for our annual all female trip, we kick off all the men, except the captain and bring on a full crew of badass sailing women. Some of these women only come once a year, old volunteers who’ve moved away, interns returning for one more …
I look forward to this trip every year, you get really enthusiastic passengers and I enjoy making food to pair with beer, plus using it in my cooking. Kulshan Brewery has paired with us this year for our brewery tour of the San Juan Islands. …
This trip is lead by one of our volunteers, he invited family and friends to join him on a 4-day trip around South Puget Sound. We don’t usually sail in this region, it made for a nice change of scenery compared to the usual islands …
Thursday Ales n’ Sails Beer mac and cheese with sausage and maple balsamic broccoli Braised goat with citrus, rice with black beans and mango coleslaw Dessert: Chocolate and stout ice cream Friday Salmon Dinner Garlic and parmesan crusted salmon Boiled small potatoes with herbs Zucchini …
I have a love hate relationship with day sails. They are great because it’s a short sail, just a few hours of work, usually in the evening, but at the same time I’m waiting around all day for something to happen. Here in Seattle it …