Windborne in Puget Sound

It's a rainy day here in the San Juan Islands... a perfect day for eggrooms. Whoa - what's that? Eggrooms is a recipe that I ...

Panang Curry has forever been the benchmark by which I have judged Thai restaurants.  And I have been struggling for years to come up with m...

It has come to my attention that not everyone knows how to shuck oysters.  Like many things, it is not hard, but it does require the right t...

Clotted cream. That has a vaguely unsavory sound about it.  If you are like me, you may have heard of it in some British novel or story - ...

You like pasta? Well, you'll like fresh homemade pasta even more. Is it hard?  NO! Marcato Atlas pasta machine You will need a...

Milk is one of those strange products...  apparently they really, REALLY want you to buy it in gallon jugs.  Oh, they'll sell it to you ...

In years past, we always cleaned the crab before bringing them aboard, cooked them, and then refrigerated or froze it.  Because they are ...

A long time ago, Jane managed to snag one of those church cookbook compilations at the Shilshole book exchange.  What made this one special ...

So it's January and you still have some crabs in the freezer. They're too old to enjoy steamed...  what do you do?  You could ma...

Oooo!  Shiny! Our rail-mounted BBQ table (it's really a fish cleaning table, but Fish Do Not Fear Me...) was really showing its ag...

Have you ever planted chives in a small bed next to your yard?  If you have, you know that they spread and spread.  How about mint?  Even mo...

There is froth in there (Cue maniacal laughter and phony German accent)   Bwa ha ha ha haaaa!  I haf created da life! Inspired by ...

Step 1: one side and one end glued We're doing a little stich n' glue construction here aboard Eolian .  Well, maybe not so muc...

Have any brushed stainless on your boat? On Eolian , our stove is brushed stainless.  This finish is produced in the factory by sanding ...

Tonight I learned something while reheating dinner in the microwave: the wonderful stuffed green pepper Jane had made a couple of days ago. ...

We continue to work our way thru the Low and Slow book - we're now at Lesson 4 out of 5.  And I have to say that not only have we passe...

I must confess. While Jane was back in Indiana for a month with her mother, I may not have been the most reliable plant-sitter.  More than...

Smoking meat is all about 'low & slow' - cooking at a low temperature for a long time.   You can kind of think of it as roasting...

Now seriously, how did we get to some of the things we eat? As an example, consider coffee: You pick the fruit You extract the seeds, ...

There's always a consequence, isn't there?  Tho sometimes it may be delayed. When Jane and I attended this year's winter Boat ...