I gave up our waffle maker when we moved to Twig…well it’s in storage actually. Since it’s a big power load and takes up unnecessary room, it wasn’t a high priority. At the time my reasoning was that it was partially unnecessary due to the availability of a pancake maker…my Click here for full post: […] More
I’m really into easy dinners. Very few of my dinners are really complicated, and if they are, they’re really good. Sometimes, I just need a quick dinner without much fuss. But every once in awhile, I make a no fuss dinner which tastes as good as a complicated meal. This Click here for full post: […] More
I usually stay clear of click-bait titles but if I used them I’d title this something like, “Stop everything and make this cake” because it’s the best chocolate cake (unless you’ve had my grandmothers chocolate cake and you already know her’s is the best, this is a close second) that Click here for full post: […] More
When I was in 11th grade advanced English in Minnesota, I had a teacher who was profound and intelligent, and probably the kind of hippy I’ve grown up to be. But as a 17 year old me, he was just a teacher teaching a class I had to pass with Click here for full post: […] More
I’m Lebanese, well part anyway, but it’s the cultural part of my DNA that has been most developed so it’s how I identify. Lebanese people love feeding people…well at least my family and every other Lebanese person I know enjoy this activity. It’s more than just a love though; it’s Click here for full post: […] More
You may have heard me in real time if you live in rural Maine and listen to daytime radio, or if you’re my mom. But if you didn’t, here’s an archive of the Boat Talk episode in which I joined Alan Sprague and Mike Joyce to talk about boats and Click here for full post: […] More
Well, maybe you haven’t been messing up this staple, but I certainly have! I’ve been living with over soggy, long to cook rice that isn’t nearly as satisfying as rice from a delicious Thai restaurant. Finding easy and quick ways to cook foods on a boat has been a really Click here for full post: […] More
This post is in conjunction with a YouTube video tutorial. What you need and the directions are below. Please let me know if you have any questions! Sparkling water, fizzy water, bubbly water, charged water; whatever you call it, it’s a necessary thing for us on our boat. For us, having loads of cans or […] More
We’re all about the right tool for the job, and so we’ve compiled a list of items that are some of our favorite things onboard Twig. Of course this is an incomplete list, and we’ll be adding to it, but it’s a great start of things to keep you comfortable and safe onboard. Most things […] More
It has been a whirlwind of transition over the last few months. I can’t report that everything has gone swimmingly, but it has gone mostly according to plan. A little over a month ago we had just arrived in Annapolis, where our journey began, and where I vowed that journey wouldn’t end. “We’re just taking […] More
For some reason, I’ve been day dreaming of challah for two days: thinking if pillowy, shiny brown mounds of the plaited loaf, full of some sweet filling and swirling with flavor. I realized Rosh Hashanah was approaching, calling to me, and although I’m not Jewish, I can appreciate holidays that require round, sweet breads to […] More
I wasn’t ever going to write this post but here I am, ready to give away my pie crust secret. Why? Maybe I’ve found transparency is queen in my new 34 year old self. I used to think pie crust was the easiest thing to make, everyone must know how to make it, but then again, […] More