When people find out that we live, the four of us, in a room smaller than some people’s closets all summer long, one of the first questions they ask is about the girls. What do they do on the boat all summer long? No tv. Very little space for toys. Here are a few of [...]
One of the most important parts of our lobster bakes is to be aware of our surroundings. While we are on an island for our bake we operate under a Leave No Trace policy. The means whatever we take onto the island, we take off. Often we leave with more than we came with, as [...]
The next important step for your backyard lobster bake is dessert. Once everyone has had their fill of lobster, the watermelon is sliced and the makings for S'mores are laid out. There's always a lively discussion over how to make the best S'more, and the proper way to roast a marshmallow. We've tried these on [...]
One of the highlights for many passengers on our windjammer is our traditional Maine Lobster Bake – a feature of all our weeklong and Maine Lighthouses & Lobster trips. It’s an all-you-can-eat feast with all the fixin’s. Seven lobsters eaten by one person in one sitting is the record (please do not try this at [...]
Maybe some vacations are out of reach this year – perhaps the guided safari trip to Africa or the high-end wine tour of Europe will have to wait (although, don't wait too long, life's too short.) But that doesn't mean a vacation is completely out, because I'm guessing it's a sure thing that the need [...]
And then after we dumped it on the lawn, the girls made a maze with it. AnnieIt doesn't look like as much as I thought, might have to go back for more. © 2009 Anne Mahle
Wow. What a response to this weeks column in the Portland Press Herald on No Knead Sourdough Breads! Biggest response to a column ever. The three recipes include Rustic Sourdough Bread, Brown Rice and Flax Seed Bread and Maple, Oatmeal, Sourdough Bread. I’ll make the same offer to readers of the blog that I did [...]
Two loaves of no-knead bread are infusing the office with warm, yeasty, might-need-to-find-the-butter smells. I plan on posting about how to make it later, but for now… We are now beginning to work out the final details of our two windjammer Culinary Camps. One is geared towards kids and the other adults (dates in July [...]
The most recent column in the Portland Press Herald is up online and it's basically Cooking Turkey 101. Turkey dinner was a staple meal for years while Jon and I crewed in the windjammer fleet. Consequently, we don't ever have turkey on the Riggin because Capt. Jon just can't handle turkey more than once a [...]
A guest on our Maine windjammer just emailed with questions about shipping lobsters and she can't be the only one who is wondering. You don't have to worry if you just can't handle dealing with live lobsters. You can buy both soft or hard shell lobster already cooked and in fact, that's the only way [...]
