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(888) 862-8424Living in France, one might think that I have the very best when it comes to food and I wouldn’t crave anything else. And yes, we have amazing food here! However, to be honest, I desperately miss Belizean food with its incredibly fresh produce and spicy zing! In my little kitchen in the Alpes, I […]
Food tastes better when sailing! There’s something about being on a boat that seems to make all food taste incredible- at times, even something that is simple is suddenly an amazing dish. Maybe it’s due to the challenges of cooking at sea- maybe it’s that salty air- but come dinnertime…life is good! Cooking at sea […]
In April 2009, just two years after learning to sail, I headed off on a Pacific Ocean crossing from Mazatlán, Mexico to Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. I had been asked to crew by a couple heading off around the world and they preferred there to be 4 sailors aboard on ocean crossings for […]
Upon arriving in Mazatlán, I was informed that I was a Pollywog. I had no idea what that meant, but it sounded bad and I knew I didn’t want to be one. My crewmates told me they were all Saddlebacks- that sounded much better. So here I was, the youngest by 15 years, the most […]
