THE ADVENTURES OF A WAYWARD CHEF

I jumped on another boat for the delivery from Grenada to St. Martin and what a week it has been. The weather was as good as can be sailing up wind, and the crew are great.
Our first stop was Martinique, about 9-hours from Grenada. We anchored in Les Anses-d’Arlets and with no other boats around [...]

Breakfast:Steamed Lobster Tail
With A Creamy Whole Grain Mustard Sauce
And Poached Eggs
The final meal on the boat was breakfast which I was told should become my signature dish. I had originally planned on making eggs Benedict, but learned fresh butter and fresh milk are luxuries on these little islands, and lemons, like the kind we [...]

Breakfast:
Feta and Herb Fritatta
Hash Browns
Fresh “Sqeezed” Passion Fruit and Mango Juice Lunch:
Baguette Sandwiches with Poached Chicken, Bacon and Roasted Peppers
Hors-d’ouvres:
Fresh Caught Lobster Steamed and Served with Asian Dipping Sauce
(Soy, Sesame, Ginger and Lime)
Dinner:
Hamburgers, Homemade Buns, Green Salad

After two days in Bequia we sailed on and anchored in Tobago Cays. The sail was [...]

Breakfast:Eggs to Order
Hors-d’ouvres:Crab Cakes with Sun Dried Tomato and Herb Aioli
Dinner:Callaloo VichyssoiseWith Yoghurt and Crispy Pancetta
T-Bone Steaks with Bana Cota(Anchovies, Garlic, Chives, Lemon and Olive Oil)Jerk Roasted PotatoesSautéed Christophine with Red Onion and Cilantro
We’ve just wrapped up a ten day tour sailing from St. Vincent to Grenada with three lovely gentlemen from Chicago (the owner [...]

February 5, 2006
I spent the day today cooking in the kitchen with Vee (Veronica), Quembe’s sister. Quembe woke up the boat at 6 a.m. so that he and Captain could go play soccer. They were set to begin by 6:30 a.m. because by 9 a.m. it’s too hot… We rode the dinghy ashore and walked [...]

After some more cleaning and polishing of the boat, Clem came by with bunches of green bananas and breadfruit and he and Quembe set in on teaching me how to make the Bequai boys favorite soup… These green bananas weren’t plantains and although they looked similar to the bananas you would find in a grocery [...]

This whacky adventure began around 2am Wednesday morning as we set sail from St. Martin down island. Yesterdays journey was spent basking in the sun and reading as we breazed passed Guadaloup in near perfect weather except for an early evening squall followed by the starriest skies I have ever seen.
This morning we cut the [...]

Ok, so I’m totally slacking on my writing, been having a wee-bit too much fun!
I got a job aboard a beautiful 74′ cetch sailboat, custom built by Joel White in Maine. The captain is really easy going and fun and the boat is in impeccable condition – so the captain believes in working and playing [...]

Lunch:Seared Duck Breast Salad with Blood Oranges, Fennel and Pomegranite Vinaigrette
Dinner:Curried Butternut Squash SoupPan Seared Sea Scallops with Caper-Lemon SauceRoasted CeleriacSauteed Spinach
Dessert:Ginger and Vanilla Bean Poached Pears with Vanilla ice-Cream and Dolce de Leche
The biggest challenge in being a charter chef is coming up with menus that are fresh and new everyday, three meals a [...]