Category: In the galley

ne of the highlights for our grandchildren aboard Silom is our traditional breakfast of homemade hot chocolate with fresh hot biscuits slathered in homemade blackberry jelly. Even watching whales seems to lose its novelty after a...

hile cruising Borneo, Pierre, a friend who I had worked with in Bangkok sent me a recipe for homemade cheese after reading my Facebook post complaining about the lack of cheese in shops. Experimenting...

othing says summer like hotdogs on the barbecue. And nothing turns a fine hotdog into a gourmet delight like a fresh, soft, light hotdog bun. When I went looking for hotdog buns recently in...

friend from middle school used to bring these cookies for lunch. Her family had a housekeeper, “Mrs T”, who made meals, baked, cleaned and did laundry for her mother. How sweet would that be?...

runchy and full of flavor, not too sweet, these muffins surprisingly contain no egg, make up in less than 10 minutes, and are moist and nutritious. You can play with the recipe adding pecans...

On a boat, nothing could be easier. No kneading. No waiting for it to rise. Just mix it up, pour it into a loaf pan and pop it in the oven. It’s so easy...

love this recipe because it makes up so quickly, and the leftovers taste great cold the next day for lunch. Keep it simple and delicious, as is, or dress it up for guests by...

otato cakes are a throwback to my childhood and one of my comfort foods. Mum would make a big pot of mashed potatoes for Sunday dinner, making extra so we could have potato cakes later...

his is not exactly a traditional Mexican recipe, we don’t think, but anyone who enjoys the flavours of TexMex will definitely enjoy this soup — we do, more often than we would like to...

hen I was 16 years old, living in Winnipeg in the ’70s, I spent a summer in the Okanagan picking fruit. That was the first time I tasted BC cherries, and ever since, all...