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Ada’s Rock Cake — Most of you know that I do the bulk of the cooking, but what you might not know is that Ada (aka Maria) does the bulk of the baking. She’s been making these rock cakes for years now and they are simply amazing! We enjoy them as a quick breakfast […]

Ada’s Rock Cakes

in Blog Posts / Food by SVRocinante

The Basin Preserve - Phippsburg, Maine — Heading North to Casco Bay I find that most things are far more enjoyable when you experience them within their own context and on their own terms, so I try to squash expectations as soon as I start to notice them forming. That said, my expectations for cruising Maine were […]

Casco Bay, Maine – Jewell Island, The Basin & Dolphin ...

in Food / Lifestyle / People / Sailing / Travel by SVRocinante (updated 2282 days ago)

Linguine with Clam Sauce coming right up! — This is, by far, my favorite incarnation of Linguine with Clam Sauce! I’ve played with these basic ingredients for years and finally settled on what you see below. Please trust me and do not omit the anchovy fillets; that’s right, even if you “hate” anchovies please use them… you will […]

Linguine with Clam Sauce à la Rocinante

in Food by SVRocinante (updated 2858 days ago)

New England Style Clam Chowder — One of the favorite dishes aboard Rocinante is a big bowl of our hearty, New England Style Clam Chowder and a hunk of our fresh, Homemade Bread! Like so many of our favorite meals, it was born of necessity… we had dawdled a bit too long heading south and it […]

New England Style Clam Chowder

in Food tagged Clam Chowder / Soup by SVRocinante (updated 2954 days ago)

Old-Fasioned Buttermilk Doughnuts — First, I must give credit where credit is due – these doughnuts are based on an Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Doughnut recipe published by Tessa on her blog Handle The Heat – when you get a chance, go check it out. So anyway, last week I was looking around on Pinterest and ran […]

Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Doughnuts

in Food tagged Buttermilk / Doughnuts / Old-Fashioned by SVRocinante (updated 2963 days ago)

Homemade Buttermilk — That’s right, none of that whimpy 2% stuff for us – we love our Homemade Buttermilk made from whole milk – M’mm M’mm Good! We use it to make our Buttermilk Pancakes, our Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Doughnuts, Ranch Dressing, Mashed Potatoes, etc., etc., etc. There’s really not much to it, you […]

Homemade Buttermilk

in Food tagged Buttermilk / Homemade by SVRocinante (updated 2914 days ago)