Safety, security, budget compromised during travels and shopping
Recently, I found myself in Rome at the Roma Termini Station with a man pointing a device at me. It was larger than a cell phone but smaller than an iPad. It …
Chef Mary Beth Lawton Johnson
Mary Beth Lawton Johnson is a certified executive pastry chef and Chef de Cuisine and has worked on yachts for more than 25 years.Author Archives
Souffles will fall, but they rise any occasion to special
No other dessert besides the souffle can make a dining experience more memorable. The French cook Vincent de la Chapelle is first credited with inventing this …
Ask for support to reduce the dread of feeding the crew family
Imagine being a single parent who works in a restaurant, cooking all day, and then going home to cook for a family waiting and hungry. If that seems familiar, …
Soup inspires creative ways to serve, sip, taste enjoy onboard yacht
I recently served a great soup for a starter course, and wondered why I didn’t serve soups more often. Is it because I generally think of soups only when …
Bring outdoors in with salt; uses, varieties are immense as the seas
I opened my galley cupboard yesterday and saw jars of English Maldon, French sel, Kosher salt, pink Hawaiian, rock salt, some regular table salt, and a few …
Plan, enlist mates, step back before feeding crew family
Imagine being a single parent who works in a restaurant, cooking all day, and then going home to cook for a family waiting and hungry. If that seems familiar, …
First rule of cooking with wine: Make sure you like to drink it
The whole idea of cooking a really great dish is to build a flavor profile, one that the guests onboard will love. Chefs know how to create layer upon layer of …
Pour some sugar on me baby, but not artificial flavors
I bet if you went into your baking cupboard onboard, you would find a number of different sugars. We stock several kinds because recipes call for different …
Experience, comparisons, benefits weigh in salary talks
The interview went well and the captain has made a job offer. What remains is to agree on a salary. Is the offered salary acceptable? It’s a tough question …
Summer truffles bring memories and flavors
I met a dear friend in New York recently and out of his coat pocket he handed me a package of aluminum foil. He hid it going through customs, which is not …
