ocean-pilgrim

Category: In My Galley

  • The Most Beautiful Coast

    The Most Beautiful Coast

    I’d imagined sun drenched islands with spartan vegetation, goat bells and tiny blue domed churches.  I felt them all calling to me when I was sitting at home in Australia, dreaming about the Greek Islands. Yet….and despite this yearning we made a change to our plans in order to head directly into Turkey after we…

  • My Arki Dakos Salad

    My Arki Dakos Salad

    Dakos has become a bit of an obsession of mine and from ordering some bad and good ones and also making some bad and good ones I am getting a feel for the key points of this salad.   The dakos are a rusk made from wheat, barley or rye.  I find that the darker…

  • Levitha Mushrooms and Manouri.

    Levitha Mushrooms and Manouri.

    A trip to the supermarket in Greece can occasionally yield some excellent results although seasonal and local rules here on the islands for the most part.On Patmos I found a pack of mixed mushrooms: button, swiss, shitake and oyster which being such a rarity I snapped up.  Firstly, they went into a red curry but…