THE ADVENTURES OF A WAYWARD CHEF

This is how you provision a yacht…
FREEZER 1H. 3ft x L. 4ft x W 2.5 ft.

(This freezer is packed at least 4 layers deept – and there are still 3 more freezers!)
The drawers in the fridge- packed so that I won’t have to go shopping for at least 7 days!
The drawers of the fridge packed [...]

Tilapia Cooked in Brazilian Maquecca wth Green Bananas

Quinoa Pilaf with Soy Peas

Avocado and Tomato Salad

Manatee’s accompanied us on part of our journey down the river early in the day, from the Westport Marina to Pier 66. The rest of the afternoon and evening was spent packing [...]

Curried Butternut Squash Soup

Rack of Lamb Marinted in Homemade Yogurt and Spices

With Fresh Mint Chutney

Wild Rice Pilaf with Cranberries and Apples

Grilled Asparagus

Chocolate and Orange Flower Pot de Crème with Komquats

Passion Fruit-Coconut Pana Cotta

The owners came aboard last Sunday just for the day, to meet me and try my cooking. There wasn’t much ambience to [...]

Cheese Toasties with Vegemite
Things have been absolutely hectic for the past week as we get the yacht ready for our departure to the Exumas, in the Bahama’s, on Tuesday. We were out of the water, in the yard, for four days having some work done on the engine and I have some really awesome [...]

We’re in Fort Lauderdale for a yard period having a bunch of work done on the yacht before we venture out to the Bahama’s and the Caribbean. Varnishers, painters and engineers are scurrying around the yacht like worker ants from dawn to dusk. And from what I can gather, the captain has had his cell [...]

Well, I landed a new job and as of this morning, I’m the chef aboard a 112 foot Westport Motor Yacht.
I’m one of four crew and the owners use the yacht for about two weeks a month. It’s private and doesn’t charter, but the owners like to entertain a lot so I should be pretty [...]

So much going on, so much to write about and so little time in the day…
My life has been reduced to a 5×5 storage locker on Manhattans Lower East Side, the hippest neighborhood I’ve ever been able to afford. I left NYC on November 7 and spent a week eating my way through Northern California [...]