52 weeks of baking – Great British Bake Off I love the Great British Bake Off. Who doesn’t?! Amazing bakes, a few disasters, a bit of comedy and best of all so many new ideas of things I didn’t know existed. One of the most […]
52 weeks of baking – Sweet & Savory I always seek out authentic food when I travel, I have a taste for the real thing, I want to eat what the locals eat and sometimes that means waking up early before the rest of the […]
Happy Pi Day! In high school the math club would give out free slices of apple pie to anyone who could recite pi to the 5th decimal place on pi day, March 14th, 3/14. Towards the end when they were running low on slices they’d […]
52 weeks of baking – Irish I love unique museums; I seek them out every where I go. The surgical history museum in Chicago, cat art in Amsterdam, shoe museum in Toronto and the butter museum in Cork, Ireland. Who knew there was enough information […]
52 weeks of baking – 5 ingredients or less On Bounty every watch had a chore to do, most of it was dishes, galley clean up, sweeping and mopping floors and cleaning the heads (toilets). The best chore of all was on the midnight to […]
Some foods are easy to make for small groups, but when you scale them up to 75 portions it becomes tedious. Students can be persistent and repetitive, they would always ask for grilled cheese, pizza and hamburgers, over and over. I’m not a big fan […]
52 weeks of Baking – Geekery I have been in love with historical clothing for as long as I can remember. Simple everyday dresses to elaborate evening gowns, what’s not to love, there is something for everyone, every era has its own unique style. My […]
52 weeks of baking – Cakes, cupcakes & muffins I have unique feelings about muffins, they can be delicious but they also cause mischief among students. When I first joined Sorlandet the ship board director (the principle) told me a lot about how the old […]
52 weeks of Baking – Biscuits I use to think I made great biscuits, then I went to the south and had a real biscuit. The students on Gulden Leeuw devoured my biscuits. I did have to argue on several occasions with them that they […]
52 weeks of baking – Oats & Nuts Starting your day with a big pot of tea or a single cup in the afternoon was a ritual I hadn’t taken part in until I stayed with friends in England. My husband and I went to […]
