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S u n d ay • Fe b. 19, 2012
Sun & Moon
Weather
Sunset: 6:16 pm; Sunrise (Monday): 6:53 am Moonrise: 5:03 am; 10% illuminated High tides: 8:14 pm; 8:46 am (Monday) Low tides: 1:57 am; 2:22 pm (Monday)
Today: Partly cloudy, warm, winds SW 19 mph, high 83, 22% chance of rain Tonight: Broken clouds, mild, low 69 Tomorrow AM: Scattered clouds, winds NE 13
n When your “Safe Manning Document” asks for an II/1 crew member what does this mean? n Which chart track is best for long voyage planning? n How are longitude lines measured on a Mercator chart? ANSWERS on page 2.
What in the world?
THE SPICY INGREDIENT: Chef Raffie Hurtado stamds in front of the cupboard stuffed with homemade seasonings -- his ‘life after yachting.’ PHOTOS/LUCY REED
Buying local holds big promise By Lucy Chabot Reed
What is this guy doing? (See page 2 to find out, but give it a guess first.)
The cupboard in the the galley of M/Y Magic is stuffed with homemade concoctions: lavender salt, chili oil, apple cider vinegar infused with seaweed or with tarragon. But it’s the all-purpose seasoning that Chef Raffie Hurtado hopes will take him to the next chef level. “More than anything, it comes from the necessity to have something handy, so when you are in the galley in the St. Barths Bucket and the galley is like this,” he said, arms splayed wide, reaching to opposite corners, “you can just grab one thing and pshht, pshht.”
Chef Raffie has created his own allpurpose grilling and seasoning spice. He won’t say what’s in it (“it’s my kids’ college fund”), but from the look and smell there’s at least a dozen things in the reddish, rub-looking mixture, including salt, rosemary and paprika. Is that a red pepper seed? When noted that it smells a little sweet, he just shoots his electric smile. He sprinkles it on lots of things, pats it on meat or fish to be grilled, shakes it on butternut squash or eggplant steaks with a little olive oil to be broiled, even put it on a butterflied lobster tail
See LOCAL, page 3
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