Thursday, July 31, 2025

In My Kitchen in July

Not Much Cooking!

New Utensils

Olive-wood servers from Turkey and a new basting brush.
The only new gadgets in my kitchen in July.

New Magnets 

I removed many magnets to make room for my new ones.

New magnets from Greece and Turkey.
You can see what I found: mainly images of birds, especially owls.
You can also see that my little plant survived my absence.

A Few Meals Before the Big Trip




Cheese toasts.

Cabbage salad.



Pre-dinner July 4 snacks

Barbecue.

Summer fruit salad.

The Ship's Kitchen


The door to the ship’s kitchen.

“My kitchen” this July means not only the kitchen where I live in Ann Arbor, but also the kitchen of the National Geographic/Lindblad Orion where we spent 10 days while visiting Greek islands in the Mediterranean and three ancient sites in Turkey.

A peek down the stairs towards the extensive storage areas for food and equipment.






Just before breakfast: the waiters would bring the food from the kitchen up to the dining area on the rear deck.

What Kitchen Did this Come From?

Not-bad airline meal while flying home.

Not Food: Toadstools

Life follows art. A ceramic toadstool surrounded by live ones.
(Do not eat this!)


Blog post © 2025 mae sander
Shared with Sherry’s In My Kitchen for July

6 comments:

David M. Gascoigne, said...

I think we already have more kitchen tools and gadgets than we need; in fact, I don’t think so, I know so! More is certainly not on the agenda!

Astrid said...

Oh wow, those magnets are so cool! I really need to get some for on my whiteboard. And the toadstool picture reminds me of the fact that I took a picture of toadstools here recently too.

My name is Erika. said...

I need a new basting brush. Mine is not in good shape. I like yours. And nice magnets. I love that you have lots of owls. And can I come and eat at your house? Grin. Is that mushroom ceramic or real? It's very cool. hugs-Erika

DVArtist said...

Very nice tools and magnets. All the food looks amazing. Nice to see the ships kitchen. Have a nice weekend.

Granny Sue said...

A fun post!
Seems like all i have done is cook this month, but i haven't taken many photos, it seems.
Magnets are a great souvenir! A reminder of your trip every time you open the fridge.

FitFoodieMegha said...

The Cheese Toast looks so delicious! I love the collection of magnets. Good to be here. Stay connected. Hugs.