Galley Wench Tales

Exploring the world through the people we meet
and the food they eat.

Girls’ Day Out

The girls at lunch in Philipsburg, St. Marteen, midway throughour shopping jaunt.  Clockwise:  Alice Kilgo, me, Jan.Photo courtesy of Alice Kilgo, Ocean Star.  Alice blogs heradventures at http://www.svoceanstar.blogspot.fr “My...

Inedible. Confessions of a Culinary Failure

This is the face Wayne wanted to make whenhe ate my rubbery, gluey calamari picatta.Capers. Olive oil.  Lemon juice. Vermouth.  Calamari (aka squid). What could be bad about that?Sometimes I follow a recipe.  Sometimes my cooking starts with a recipe,...

Ouch! Stung!

This is a little bit what the little bugger that stung me looked like.Photo courtesy ofhttp://neighborhoodnature.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/cicada-killer-wasps-are-back/.Most folks know wasps find BBQs as mouthwatering as us homo sapiens.  Walking along Grande...

How to Apologize with Aplomb

Breaking bread together is a good way to conclude an apology.The recipie from this “no knead” bread came from ourclose friends Ron and Tricia Bergman.  You can followtheir international travel adventures on their insightful andwell-written blog, by...

Head Boats: The Good, The Bad & “Quality Time”

Head Boat “Quality Time” at Happy Bay, St. Martin, as seenfrom the cockpit of out boat.  At this point, the majority of theirpassengers had already left their boat, but before Quality Timehit our boat! As Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson wryly quips,“Objects… may...