Search
Log in
  • Home

  • Categories

  • Audiobooks

  • E-books

  • For kids

  • Top lists

  • Help

  • Download app

  • Use campaign code

  • Redeem gift card

  • Try free now
  • Log in
  • Language

    🇫🇮 Suomi

    • FI
    • EN

    🇧🇪 Belgique

    • FR
    • EN

    🇩🇰 Danmark

    • DK
    • EN

    🇩🇪 Deutschland

    • DE
    • EN

    🇪🇸 España

    • ES
    • EN

    🇫🇷 France

    • FR
    • EN

    🇳🇱 Nederland

    • NL
    • EN

    🇳🇴 Norge

    • NO
    • EN

    🇦🇹 Österreich

    • AT
    • EN

    🇨🇭 Schweiz

    • DE
    • EN

    🇸🇪 Sverige

    • SE
    • EN
  1. Books
  2. Hobby and sports
  3. Hobby

Read and listen for free for 42 days!

Cancel anytime

Try free now
0.0(0)

From the high seas

For as long as anyone can remember ports have been the focal point of many cultures. Ships from all over the world dock in their harbours. What's it like to be on board those ships though? And what does the world look like when seen from the galley? In From the High Seas one of the ship's main characters speaks: the cook. The man - sometimes woman - who keeps the crew's spirits high with his culinary skills.

Forty cooks from all over the world - from China to Brasil and from South Africa to Poland - give their favourite spirit-lifting recipes in this book. The recipes are from their birthplaces and are meant for groups of ten to twenty people. Just as it would be on board. And every cook unveils the personal story behind the recipe.

From the High Seas is more than a just a cookbook. Alongside each recipe, there is a 'tall story' about the sea. The cooks not only tell exciting anecdotes, they also tell about the harsh reality on board because even ship's cooks feel homesick from time to time.

The interviews are by the journalist Gerard Keijsers. Photographer Peter Paul Klapwijk created colourful and unforgettable portraits of every cook on or near his ship, with an ingredient featured in their favourite recipe.

Apart from the recipes and stories, From the High Seas also provides an impression of the work going on in the world's biggest port: Rotterdam. In those black and white pictures you can 'taste' the unique atmosphere of the warehouse, quay and sea. In the eighteen months since publication, 9000 copies of this book have been sold in the Netherlands. From the High Seas got excellent reviews in Dutch newspapers and magazines.


Authors:

  • Peter Paul Klapwijk
  • Gerard Keijsers

Format:

  • E-book

Duration:

  • 128 pages

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Hobby and sports
  • Hobby

Others have also read

Skip the list
  1. Bizarre World : A Collection of the World's Creepiest, Strangest, and Sometimes Most Hilarious Traditions

    E. Reid Ross

    book
  2. Questions for Deep Thinkers : 200+ of the Most Challenging Questions You (Probably) Never Thought to Ask

    Henry Kraemer, Brandon Marcus

    book
  3. Dad's Book of Awesome Projects: From Stilts and Super-Hero Capes to Tinker Boxes and Seesaws, 25+ Fun Do-It-Yourself Projects for Families

    Mike Adamick

    book
  4. The Boy Mechanic: 700 Things for Boys to Do 1

    Popular Mechanics Company

    book
  5. The Everything Big Book of Party Games: Over 300 Creative and Fun Games for All Ages!

    Carrie Sever

    book
  6. Exam Prep for:

    Mzn Lnx

    book
  7. Why Didn't I Think of That?: 101 Inventions that Changed the World by Hardly Trying

    Anthony Rubino

    book
  8. 501 Astonishing Facts

    Sanjeev Garg

    book
  9. Wood Joinery for Beginners Handbook: The Essential Joinery Guide with Tools, Techniques, Tips and Starter Projects

    Stephen Fleming

    book
  10. Preschool block - Concentration and perception 5 years and up : Different and exciting excercises with solutions

    Linda Bayerl

    book
  11. Rosie O'Donnell's Crafty U: 100 Easy Projects the Whole Family Can Enjoy All Year Long

    Rosie O'Donnell

    book
  12. Norjalaisia villapaitoja 2

    Linka Neumann

    book

Help and contact


About us

  • Our story
  • Career
  • Press
  • Accessibility
  • Partner with us
  • Investor relations
  • Instagram
  • Facebook

Explore

  • Categories
  • Audiobooks
  • E-books
  • Magazines
  • For kids
  • Top lists

Popular categories

  • Crime
  • Biographies and reportage
  • Fiction
  • Feel-good and romance
  • Personal development
  • Children's books
  • True stories
  • Sleep and relaxation

Nextory

Copyright © 2025 Nextory AB

Privacy Policy · Terms ·
Excellent4.3 out of 5