Get Shucking! 

Oysters are one of those great celebration ingredients and combine perfectly with chilled glass of bubbly. In season during any month that has an ‘R’ in it, September to April, oysters spend the Summer fattening up their plump little selves for their long Winter’s...

Chef’s Corner – In the Galley with Scott Jamison

What are you doing / where are you working right now? Relaxing at home before next contract   Who is your food hero (dead or alive) and why? My Mother of course.   What three ingredients could you not live without? Turmeric, Fresh coriander fresh ginger....

From Ship to Shore – Tania Kane

How long did you work in yachting? Can you tell me about your yachting career – highlights, low points? I had a late start in yachting after many years working in IT.  I began sailing at Brighton yacht club with my best friend and spent a couple of years there at...

Stewardess’ Pick of the Month from RIALTO LIVING

Our favourite lifestyle store in Palma! Even in this age of next-gen electronic toys, from interactive video games to high-tech beginner drones, good ol’fashioned’ stuffed animals still haven’t lost their child-appeal. From supersized bears to floppy-eared dogs,...

Let’s talk about cotton, Egyptian Cotton

Dear Islander Reader! As you probably all know, Cotton is a natural product. The cotton fibres grow on the fruits of the cotton plant. Egyptian Cotton is considered the best cotton in the world. Cultivated on the banks of the Nile, the cotton is picked by hand, the...

Cool Dudes

When it’s so hot you can literally feel yourself sapping under the intense summer sun, it’s difficult to know exactly what to eat as some foods just seem to act like internal space heaters but others can actually help you cool down and act like your personal, internal...