The Boat Cookbook

With handy ideas in setting up the galley, a lazy guide to filleting mackerel and tips for hosting the perfect beach barbecue, this is the must-have guide for sailors and seaside-lovers alike. * Yachting Times *

Sims has sailed since the age of eight and spent countless weekends and holidays on boats off thesouth coast of England. Her unpretentious book includes recipes from chefs-turned-boatmen such as Chris Galvin (I particularly like his piperade basquaise - a spicy tomato pepper marmalade to scoff with scrambled eggs and croutons) as well as professional seamen like Robin Knox- Johnston (I recommend his spicy dhal)… I can’t help being transported to salty harbours up and down the country and feeling the tug of the sea.

Fiona Sims has written for The Times, Delicious, Decanter, Food & Travel, and more. The food, wine and travel writer has interviewed many of the world’s top chefs, including Alain Ducasse, Gordon Ramsay and Rene Redzepi, and travels the world regularly visiting wine regions and exploring local cuisines. The idea for this book came after much nagging from her sailing-mad Dad, who kept losing her scribbled-down recipes for on board cooking in his rather basic galley. She and her husband Mark split their time between London and Yarmouth, and she sails regularly from the south coast with her Dad on his 29ft Westerly, always cooking on board. She is also the author of The Boat Drinks Book, published by Bloomsbury.