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Traditional English Trifle
What a beautiful dessert the Traditional English Trifle makes with its multiple layers. So many colors, textures and flavors. It’s luscious, light and totally decadent.
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Bahamian Conch Salad
There is absolutely nothing better than this fresh conch salad as an appetizer on a hot summer day, prepared by the local guy on the
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Braised BBQ and Cola Beef Short Ribs
I first tasted this dish at Lola’s on Harrison in Hollywood, Florida, years before it closed permanently. It was so delicious, hearty, and satisfying. It may
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Bahamian Bimini Bread
A Heavenly Indulgence Taste of Heaven, the local bakery in Bimini, Bahamas, across from the Bimini Big Game Club, has the best Bimini bread according
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English Chicken Curry
I usually cook this dish from memory with a little bit of this and little bit of that adding “whatever” until it tastes good. So
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A Little South African Food History & Gurly Guru Recipes
I have traveled extensively and have adopted the flavors and recipes of other cultures, but my cooking is naturally still greatly influenced by my South
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Smoked Oyster Cheese Log
The Smoked Oyster Cheese Roll recipe is quite simply delicious and it looks really fancy even though it is rather simple to make! The smokey
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Grilled Leg of Lamb & Roasted Garlic
We love lamb but leg of lamb on the BBQ, stuffed full of garlic and rosemary is simply the best. This barbecued leg of lamb
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Traditional Hot Cross Buns for Easter
Easter is the holiest day on the Christian calendar, commemorating the day Christ rose from the dead after his crucifixion, symbolizing the spiritual resurrection of
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All Bran Rusks
What is a rusk? It is kind of like a biscotti but it’s a less sweet, more crunchy, less refined version of the biscotti. It’s
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Creamy Scalloped Potatoes
I had a bunch of people over for dinner last weekend and served skirt steak and scalloped potatoes with a green salad and crusty bread…simple
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Hot and Spicy Crab Dip
We spent quite a while in the Chesapeake in Maryland and fell in love with the famous steamed blue crabs there. We used to catch
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Homemade Spiced Rum
When we first sailed to Madagascar in 1992, we quickly learned that rum is the drink of choice for all yachties. It is cheap, available
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Cuban Rum Cake
Cake de Ron I often use recipes for Cuban food from The Three Guys. Their food is authentic Cuban and Spanish and they are a
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Mushroom Pesto
I rarely cook with mushrooms because Stephen hates them. But a few months ago, Don and Lynda, our previous seaschool students turned full-time cruisers, visited
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Catch of the Day: Middle Eastern Fish with Tahini (Samak bi Tahini)
This is one of our favorite fish dishes. When we visited Junieh, Lebanon, in 1993 on our boat called ‘Royal Salute’ we fell in love
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Prawns in Beer and Peri-Peri Sauce
I love this dish! It’s flavorful, quick, easy and the spicy peri-peri sauce gives this dish that little extra umph. The Portuguese who emigrated to
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Bread Making on Board
My Mom’s Bread Recipe With Variations: Focaccia and Pizza I grew up on a farm on the northwestern border of South Africa in a remote
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