An old student of my mother has left me a message… heard you were home but how come I did not see you? It was hard to explain why I did not tell everyone I was…
teh tarik… langkawi, malaysia
… pulled tea in Mandarin. A tea that would take me a while to love. The tea is poured back and forth between two containers ( watched this process when I was in Singapore) to give…
Clan VI’s Drop Cake
To be honest I did not know what to expect from this cake. Stephen was in Italy and was constantly raving about this gooey, so soft a cake their Swiss chef made for the crew. He…
Lucca… a city of vaulting arches
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. ~Lao Tzu Perhaps last weekend’s getaway best described that quote. We had no fixed plans, we could not even rent a car… we…
For the Love of Chocolate – Chocolate Nougat Mousse
Excitement of receiving a letter or a parcel when you are so far away from friends and family just make my world go round. For weeks I waited patiently for a parcel to arrive from UK…
Figs, Prunes & Mascarpone Tart…Cooking On The High Seas
I left the USA last May and found myself back in France once again. Although the Mediterranean season starts when the spring air blows, melts the snow and Easter is on its way, I was still…
Toad in the hole …. Done Steve’s way!
I was telling an American friend that I I did not have to cook the crew’s meal that day as we were all given the day off after the boss left. But I did mention that…
breakfast at the inn at tilton place
There was something beautiful about the name , “Jensen Beach”. I first heard about the place from my ex-captain when he attended a wedding there last year and it stuck in my mind since then…. Jensen…
MITseaAH’s Apple Pie
It all started asking Stephen suggestions what to bake. Of all crew mates he is pretty much involved with food ideas what to feed to the crew. Perhaps because he loves food and cooking himself and…
a birthday celebration… lemon pancake cake
For weeks I racked up ideas what cake it should be… …. he does not like frosting so there goes the wicked chocolate cake I had in mind layered with cream frosting.I even dreaded about what…