Over the many years I spent in the Caribbean and cooking aboard various yachts, I’ve of course made lots of recipes that are island themed. It’s interesting that this is a “Caribbean” duck breast recipe because duck wasn’t always easy to find in the earlier years, but has become a lot easier to find with […]
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Breakfast Waffle Panini
Fun fact: Did you know that the term for one panini is panino? Panino is the term for several paninos… who knew! Breakfast aboard a private yacht was usually a rushed sort of time if we were getting underway early that morning, but I always tried to make breakfast interesting and fun. I found that if […]
Ziti with Portabella Mushrooms, Caramelized Onions, and Goat Cheese
Ziti with Portabella Mushrooms, Caramelized Onions, and Goat Cheese About 14 years ago, I worked on a yacht that was owned by a prominent businessman who resided in Puerto Rico. He didn’t normally like us to have the boat in San Juan, except when we were bunkering fuel from a barge in the harbor. One […]
Cruzan Rum Cake
Way back when I lived on a 43 foot sailboat (a Mason 43 Custom Catch) and worked in St. Thomas, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and before my life as a yacht chef. This recipe was extremely popular and became a staple in the West Indian yachting social circles along with the use of the […]
Easy Bake Biscotti
Making biscotti normally involves baking your biscotti 3 times; baking as a loaf to start; slicing into the oblong cookies and baking the slices for a shorter period of time on one side; and then flipping them over and baking again on the other side. My method is a lot easier and cuts the baking […]
Overnight Breakfast Casserole
I love to have company, especially during the holidays, and when I do, I want to spend as much time with them as humanly possible. With that in mind, I would rather not spend my morning as a short order cook, so I tend to serve breakfast casseroles to all of my overnight guests. I […]
Press Release!
PRESS RELEASE: New – The Portside Cuisine Cookbook: A Yacht Chef’s Recipe Collection FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Peg Donahue (pegdonahue302@bellsouth.net Website: www.portsidecuisine.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/pegdonahue302 Twitter: @portsidecuisine Pinterest: portsidecuisine Instagram: yachtchef Recipes from Epic Voyages …Yacht Chef Peg Donahue Releases New Cookbook: The Portside Cuisine Cookbook: A Yacht Chef’s Recipe Collection Nearly 10 years, 30-plus countries […]
Press Release
Life takes us down many paths, some of them planned and some that are very unexpected … I can confidently say that my life has been like a wild rollercoaster of late! With that said, I wanted to share with you that I’ve finally managed to have successfully completed a press release for The Portside […]
THE PORTSIDE CUISINE COOKBOOK Has Finally Arrived
The much talked about cookbook, THE PORTSIDE CUISINE COOKBOOK has finally arrived! As I’ve told you a few times already (please excuse my enthusiasm!) I’ve finally realized my dream of publishing my own cookbook. I’m extremely excited to share The Portside Cuisine Cookbook with you. It contains an unprecedented 163 recipes gathered inside under 13 […]
Avocado Wedges Wrapped in Serrano Ham
I’m pretty sure everyone has heard of the traditional Italian appetizer of cantaloupe wedges wrapped in prosciutto ham and how magnificent they are. They are a great marriage of sweet and salty and are always enjoyable. However, I have a new twist on this classical standard that we all love. If you like avocados, you […]
Braised Asian Beef Short Ribs with Soy and Ginger
Braising is one of my favorite cooking methods… you brown your meats, and then slow cook them in lots of liquid. The meat gets so tender; it basically just falls off the bone. The meat picks up all the flavors from the vegetables and cooking liquid. As I mentioned above, braising is a cooking method […]
Belize, Bareboat Chartering on a Barrier Reef, the Blue Hole and Besties
In the 80’s, before I moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands, we used to do a bareboat charter every Winter to get away from the Northeast winters. One year we chartered a sailboat in Belize (located in Central America on the Caribbean Sea and bordered by both Mexico and Guatemala) and cruised for 10 days […]