galleyvantingaround

Archives

provisions[ plural ] UK  /prəˈvɪʒ.ənz/ US  /prəˈvɪʒ.ənz/ supplies of food and other necessary items: provisions for the journey Cambridge Dictionary (n.d)   The past few weeks have been interesting. Like everyone else, we have been in lockdown in our house in Sydney.  But unlike a lot of people, Mr T, Marc, Anne and I, are no strangers to self-isolation. Years of cruising around the world meant a dozen ocean passages and remote anchorages with no one around to socialise with. It wasn’t always… Read More

This is probably going to sound weird but do you have moments when the content of your fridge or pantry brings you back some place else? It happens to me quite often, thanks to the pile of food items I always buy when we travel: jars of jams and pickles, logs of salamis, boxes of chocolate, bottles of wine…I am notorious for stuffing our luggage with local produce in the hope to… Read More

  The difference between my boat pantry and my house pantry in Sydney is that we don’t have the convenience of running to the supermarket whenever we run out of a particular ingredient. The closest we ever come to this situation is when staying in particular countries for a while (like the USA or Mexico) where grocery shopping is easy and accessible. We then make weekly trips to the supermarkets and seek… Read More