Our knitting cruise on the J. & E. Riggin, taught this year by Bill Huntington, is from June 9-11, 2011. Bill owns Hope Spinnery yarns and is a knitting wizard. Last year when I boarded the boat after getting the girls off to school, Bill was surrounded by rosy-cheeked, vibrant women, all clamoring at once [...]
This rich cake is saved from being cloyingly sweet by the bittersweet chocolate ganache and the pecans which both add a slight layer of tang or acidity that combines to big time advantage with the sweet frosting. It ran with a Homemade Macaroni and Cheese recipe in the Portland Press Herald last Wednesday. German Chocolate [...]
Sigh. The sails are now in the barn after a m0rning that graced us with sunshine and breeze – perfect for drying sails that had just been soaked by a big front that flew through a few days ago. A little too much breeze for the boat at the dock, but hey, things are dry [...]
The original impetus for traveling to Portland a couple of weeks ago was to attend an Alabama Chanin workshop. I’ve saved the best for last. Before I met her I admired the intentionality she brought to her clothing and her business, now I’m a fan. I say often about sustainability, becoming an environmental leader and [...]
Even though I posted about Portland, Oregon when I first arrived back in Maine, I didn’t have space to mention the FOOD. Clearly, more needs to be written. For starters, we stayed at a hip hotel called The Ace Hotel, in a reclaimed building with all of the architectural details one might expect from an [...]
To travel somewhere and experience differences and then to relish in coming home is a delicious feeling. Last week, I traveled for five days with friends to Portland, Oregon, where the weather was so temperate, I didn’t even need the coat I’d left in my car in Portland, Maine. I’m told by locals that it’s [...]
The interview with Andrea Ridout of Mother Earth News is available for streaming. Of course if you’ve already sailed with us, it won’t be news to you! But fun anyway. If you’ve not sailed with us, it’s a chance to hear about our sustainable view on food and have fun dreaming about sailing the Maine [...]
Yesterday was a food-filled day and today my head is bursting with new recipes to create and stories to tell. I can’t decide where to let my fingers fly – the kitchen or the keyboard. Kitchen first, to bake a loaf of no-knead bread which I started yesterday when Sharon was visiting. I wanted to [...]
The urge for organization and simplification usually comes in January, but we got the bug early. For at least two years, the discussions around the At Home, At Sea website (for my cookbook At Home, At Sea: Recipes from the Maine Windjammer J. & E. Riggin) have gone round and round. Mostly focusing on how [...]
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 [...]
