Welcome to Portside Cuisine
My name is Peg Donahue and I have a passion for cooking. I spent a number of years as a chef on several yachts and decided to share my collection of recipes and stories. I hope to share lots of information, tips and cooking ideas through portsidecuisine.com and hope you will visit often. Portside Cuisine covers a whole range of culinary and yachting topics. It is a compilation of recipes, photos, stories of my life at sea as a live-aboard. You can also read travel experiences like a journal of Baltic cruise adventures and my vacation in Copenhagen, and tips and techniques as a sailor and as a chef aboard private and charter yachts. Also discussed are personal stories of family memories and many international friends. We talk about my new cookbook, The Portside Cuisine Cookbook, A Yacht Chef’s Recipe Collection. The reader is invited to subscribe and receives a free download of a small collection of recipes which are also in the cookbook. The cookbook is currently available both as a digital cookbook and as a printed cookbook chock full of beautiful color photos. The recipes and stories are archived by date posted for easy access. You are welcome to become a member and rate the recipes and leave comments on both the blogs and the posted recipes.
Recipes
My Posts
Brined Pork Chops with Peppers & Capers
Brined Pork Chops with Peppers & Capers and Making a Basic Brine I adore brining...
Cannoli Cones Dipped in Chocolate
Cannoli Cones … not your everyday cannoli! These dessert cones are so much fun and...
ASPARAGUS and BOW TIES
This pasta dish made for a nice lunch for our charter guests on the back...
BANANA RUM SALSA
This easy recipe is a modified version of the classic recipe for Bananas Foster which...
Hurricane Storm Tracking, Circa 1989 in the Caribbean-The Antiquated Method
I was sorting through some of my “Ideas” folders for new ideas for some topics...
Bucatini Pasta with Roasted Chestnuts, Butternut Squash and Goat Cheese
During the winter months, there’s nothing more warming and comforting than wonderful pasta with hearty...
Antipasti D’Cortona
The Holidays are a special time of the year. You hopefully get the opportunity to...
Pinecone Holiday Cheese Spread
It seems like this year just flew by … We’ve had our more than fair...
Double Layer Pumpkin Pie
I don’t know about you, but I love Thanksgiving, and I especially love all the...
Flavorful Ice-Cubes Performing Double-Duty
It’s summer again, and we all have to keep hydrated! We all should be drinking...
Caribbean Duck Breasts
Over the many years I spent in the Caribbean and cooking aboard various yachts, I’ve...
Breakfast Waffle Panini
Fun fact: Did you know that the term for one panini is panino? Panino is...
Ziti with Portabella Mushrooms, Caramelized Onions, and Goat Cheese
Ziti with Portabella Mushrooms, Caramelized Onions, and Goat Cheese About 14 years ago, I worked...
Cruzan Rum Cake
Way back when I lived on a 43 foot sailboat (a Mason 43 Custom Catch)...
Smart Batter Whisking
When making your cake batter, try separating your eggs and put the egg whites aside. ...
Dividing Cake Batter Evenly
Nothing can ruin the look of a layer cake more than uneven layers … the...
Snow Topped Strawberries
Chocolate dipped strawberries are wonderful and gorgeous and perfect for Valentine’s Day! Try using your...
Easy Bake Biscotti
Making biscotti normally involves baking your biscotti 3 times; baking as a loaf to start;...
Freezing Cookie Dough Balls
preNow that the Holiday Season is upon us, we are starting to do whatever advance...
Overnight Breakfast Casserole
I love to have company, especially during the holidays, and when I do, I want...
Magnificent Mashed Potatoes
Thanksgiving is a time to share with family and friends, and I really want to...
Keeping Your Hollandaise Sauce Warm
Timing is everything, especially when you’re making breakfast or dinner… Everything usually comes together at...
Press Release!
PRESS RELEASE: New – The Portside Cuisine Cookbook: A Yacht Chef’s Recipe Collection FOR IMMEDIATE...
Press Release
Life takes us down many paths, some of them planned and some that are very...
