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

11 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.

Sammie @ The Annoyed Thyroid said...

Love your new salad servers - what a great momento of your travels. Your airline food looked so good, was that in business? And hope you had a fab cruise and that Greece and Turkey weren't too hot. Happy August!

eileeninmd said...

Hello Mae,
All the food looks delicious. I love your owl magnets.
The airline food looks tasty! Take care, Happy Friday! Have a great weekend.

Jeanie said...

I love your olive wood server. Those are stunning. And your magnets make me smile. You need to make a wall in your house magnetized so you can put all of them up! The food looks great and fun seeing the ship kitchen too.

Sherry's Pickings said...

I love olive wood and i have several utensils. Love your magnets; and i have heaps of those on my fridge. I try to change them now and again. How marvellous to go to turkiye and greece! We did go to greece many years ago as backpackers - quite the adventure. Imagine planning meals and supplies for thousands of passengers on a cruise! wow. Thanks for joining in, and see you next month. Cheers Sherry

Mae Travels said...

@Sherry -- The National Geographic Orion can accommodate around 100 passengers max, but our trip only had around 80 passengers. We did see some of those gigantic ships but would never choose to travel on one of them.