

Cooking at Sea:
Fundamentals of Provisioning and Offshore Cookery
By Robert Picard
This is a must-read book for everyone planning a voyage or spending significant time
cooking offshore. This book from Onboard Chef gives you information for understanding the
capabilities of your galley, planning your meals and provisions, storing supplies, managing
the galley, and cooking aboard. Topics include:
Challenges of Cooking Onboard: Nutrition, morale, weather, food preservation, suffience
supplies, galley management, and galley watches
Outfitting and Using the Galley: Galley appliances, cookware and bakeware, utensils,
tableware, storage containers, galley safety, using the galley, cooking in poor weather and
sea conditions
Meal Planning and Provisioning: What to serve, meal planning, portion sizes, foodstuffs on
board, emergency stores, and shopping for provisions
Organizing and Monitoring Your Stores: Preparing and maintaining the stores, stowage
conditions, stowage time, and stores inspections
Preparing to Cook: Hygiene and sanitation in the galley, choosing and organizing the meal,
preparing ingredients, and cooking and baking basics
After the Meal: Leftovers and food storage, trash and garbage handling, washing up, and
galley cleaning
Cooking Tips and Serving Suggestions: Food preparation and tips, breakfast, starters and
side dishes, main courses of lunch and dinner, prepared foods, desserts, and watch
snacks
$15.95 (shipping included) to U.S. addresses
$19.95 (shipping included) to other nations
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