This is the story of the man who inspired one of Britican’s most loved and enjoyed meals of all time – and the special woman that cooked the meal for us (over and over again). The recipe is included so read on! Introducing Skipper Mike and my lovely cousin, Loryn Bennett Let me start first[Read More]
Recipe
How to make three meals from one whole chicken
Up until recently I never purchased anything other than skinless chicken breasts. I’m not exactly sure what my issue was. Perhaps I just didn’t know what to do with a full bird? Perhaps I didn’t like all the bones? And I must admit that the saggy chicken skin freaked me out! Needless to say, I’ve changed. This[Read More]
Authentic Tiramisu aboard Britican
While being laid up in Preveza, Greece with engine, generator and rigging problems our dynamic life on the sea changed to a slow life on the hard. With no car, only two restaurants and a massive out of water storage marina surrounding us, we didn’t have our usual dose of ancient archeological sites, tourist attractions,[Read More]
Victor’s Green Bean Salad Recipe
Both my mom and step-father (pictured above), Victor, are great cooks. Whenever I visit home there are a few family specialities that I always ask for. One of those special dishes is Victor’s green bean salad recipe For the past 25 years I’ve relied on Victor to make the salad. Never did I consider doing[Read More]
Britican Beef Kebobs
Right before visiting the ancient archaeological site of Delphi (read: Visiting Delphi – We made it to the center of the ancient World), we joined up with our American friends Jim and Carole aboard sailboat Nepenthe (Read: Couple sets off for a 3 year around the world sailing trip – 15 years later they’re still going!)[Read More]
Shrimp Saganaki – Britican's way
In Greece you can get an assortment of ‘Saganaki’ dishes I think the world ‘Saganaki’ means cheese, in general, but Feta is often used. I’ve had shrimp saganaki, mussels saganaki and just plain old saganaki. When ordering plain old saganaki, the cheese comes breaded and fried. YUM! Seriously – it is amazing! The Food Network[Read More]
Greek Burgers – what makes these the best in the world?
Yesterday I wrote a destination review on Bali, Crete ending my piece with a picture of the best ‘Greek Plate,’ I’ve had thus far during my 4 months of travelling through Greece. The plate included 2 meatballs, a stuffed eggplant and tomato in addition to some lovely roasted potatoes. After hundreds of ‘Greek Plates,’ this[Read More]
Sausage Pasta Bake – A tale of a potluck meal amongst boaters
Based on the questions that people often ask me, I feel as if many think we sail around isolated being ‘cooped-up’ in a tiny space. Readers write to me and ask, ‘How do you and your family managed to live in such small quarters?’ ‘How does your daughter get social interaction?’ ‘How can you cope[Read More]
Stuffed Pasta Shells in Italy
On our boat, Britican, it seems that our favourite thing to talk about is food. We anxiously look forward to our next meal and discuss a variety of possibilities. While in Marzamemi, Sicily we thought what better than to have some stuffed pasta shells. We always see cheese everywhere we go so the chances of[Read More]
Pasta Sauce in Sicily – Britican Style
Could there be a better place than Sicily to make fresh pasta sauce? This morning when I (it’s Loryn here writing this!) was asking for ideas on what everyone would like to eat, it was inevitable that some sort of Italian dish would present itself. We needed to go to the grocery store and soon since[Read More]
