Big Flavor. No Nonsense. Straight From the Galley.

Friday night pizza from scratch. Easier than you think, better than delivery. Friday dinner on the boat — pizza night was sacred. The CS would make dough from scratch, and even when the toppings were limited to whatever we had left in cold storage, nobody complained….

Thick, beefy, and I will not apologize for the beans. Beans belong in chili. I will die on this hill. I know the Texas purists are already composing angry comments, and I respect their passion, but this is my chili and it has beans in it. Two kinds, actually. Fight…

Comfort food is the galley’s specialty. When you’re underwater for months, morale runs on two things — mail call and chow. The meals that kept spirits highest were always the same category: warm, hearty, stick-to-your-ribs food that made the mess deck feel…

Soft dough, brown sugar filling, cream cheese frosting. Weekend project, weekday hero. These are the cinnamon rolls that fill the entire house with that warm, sweet, buttery cinnamon smell that makes people appear in the kitchen from every corner of the house,…

The fold is everything. Once you nail the fold, you’re golden — literally, because you’re going to grill this thing seam-side down until it’s crispy and sealed. Taco Tuesday on the mess deck wished it was this good. The galley’s version of…