Cooking Aboard

November for many means the peak and end of pumpkin fever. This season-focused pumpkin martini underscores the truth that there truly is a martini for every occasion. While pumpkin puree …

We of the Pacific Northwest love the seasons, and fall is yet another amazing time of year with cool nights and periodic sunny days, fall leaves, pumpkins and squash, mushrooms, …

We would be remiss if October’s cocktail of the month didn’t have something to do with apples and the fall. What’s better after a nippy day aboard than pulling into …

I had an opportunity to do some cruising in the San Juan Islands this summer: two families, a 45’ boat, four adults, and three children. It was perfection to wake …

The arrival of September means fall is upon us and it’s time to say goodbye to the beautiful, hot summer we enjoyed in the Pacific Northwest this year. But fall …

September in the Pacific Northwest is a month with one foot in the summer and the other in the fall. After all, the Autumn Equinox, the official start of fall, …

We all strive to stay outdoors and enjoy the nice weather, especially after such a long winter. The salmon are running, crab season is open, and the farmers’ markets are …

Loading the boat and pulling away from the dock is an amazing feeling, for everything that occupies your mind vanishes. The focus becomes the wind, the waves, other boats, and …

For those of us who’ve frequented a cocktail bar recently or enjoy the concoctions of a mixologist friend, different “mules” (often served in their iconic copper mugs) have taken hold …

Pacific Northwest summers are famous for an abundance of fruits. The Northwest’s early settlers brought the rootstocks for cultivating our fruit celebrities: berries, apricots, plums, cherries, apples, and pears, to …

If you’re looking for a gift for the fisherman/woman in your life, the newly published The Little Alaskan Salmon Cookbook and The Little Alaskan Halibut Cookbook, by commercial salmon fisherwoman …