From the Galley

Capt. Jeffrey and I were given a wonderful gift this year from his sister Cynthia and her husband Craig. It was the Fresh Roast SR500, a home coffee roaster. We had no idea what a great gift it was until we roasted our first batch of green coffee beans. “Wow!” was the first thing Jeffrey...
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It’s Sunday and one of my favorite ways to spend the day is baking bread. Last month I bought a 50 pound bag of pizza flour and I’ve been blazing through it to see what kinds of bread I can come up with for this summer’s cruising season on the David B. So far I’m...
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When I’m cooking for you on the David B, I really enjoy making things that you might not make for yourself at home. One of my favorite things to make is a savory tart that is filled with spinach and goat cheese, or Hempler’s Canadian bacon and cheddar. If we’ve been lucky and our...
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I got a request today for the recipe for the Triple Ginger Cookies that I make on the David B. These cookies are some of my favorites! The original recipe came from my pastry school instructor Chef Heidi Satterlee and I get compliments on them every time I make them. It’s also the recipe...
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I love to bake bread and baking bread on the David B’s wood cook stove is a very different process for me from baking bread at home. During the boat season I wake up at 5am and start the fire in the stove. While the fire heats up the oven I grind some coffee...
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One of the best things about having a home office is being able to do mundane office tasks while having fun in the kitchen. This weekend while I was busy catching up on bookkeeping and helping out with an auction for NW Wildlife Rehabilitation, I decided that it would be fun to spend some...
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This week Jeffrey and I have been learning new tricks and testing out fun recipes for next year. On Saturday we took a one-day class on cheese making. It was a great introduction and we both left with a feeling of excitement about making feta and paneer, queso blanco, cottage cheese and cultured butter...
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Time: 0851 Position: 48 45.25N 122 30.26W Whisky Golf, the sour dough starter that came alive in the Canadian Military Exercise area WG lives on. Over the winter Christine brings it out for a day or two, feeds it, makes a loaf of bread or two, and sends it back to the...
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