Author: vicSocotra

Rocket’s Garlic & Herb Crusted Prime Rib

“A proper roast for people who’ve earned one.” “All right,” Deirdre announced as she lifted her canvas tote from the Galley counter. “It’s Saturday. Normally that means a quieter watch around here. Unfortunately, the renewed war has decided not to take the weekend off. Miles is following the finance people, the President says there may […]

She’s Original

HI! this is Splash and I wish I knew her name It is in archives in which I have no interest in pursuing. I do wish I knew her name to at least wave before we approach the next rapids. She was the young woman chosen to represent one of Bill Reddig’s futuristic concept kitchens […]

Dierdre’s Politics and pOTLUCK!

Teriyaki Chicken Thighs For Ten or Twenty “The Rogues Galley” Becomes “The Vixen Kitchen?” OK, that was Splash, and I told him to get out of the Galley. So you can see I have one of those mornings. Miles headed off to Arlington to meet with some finance people to determine whether the President can […]

More Iran Strikes May Mean Feeding Twenty

Busy morning, Folks!. We just wrapped up Production Meeting, and Miles looked like he’d been standing the mid-watch. The Boys stayed up again as the crisis lurched into a twelfth night of strikes and counter-strikes. Congress is heading home for August recess, but around here the Conference Room may be getting busier instead of quieter. […]

Where Do We Stand?

All right. Just hang on for a second. This is Miles, and I apologize for having Deirdre fill in these last few weeks filled with interesting activity. I’ll tell you about it if things slow down and everyone fills in on what they have been doing. The news this afternoon is that I am turning […]

Afternoon Socotra Product Launch Edition

Editor’s Note: Miles says this counts as news, so we’re running it. This afternoon marks the soft launch of my next project. The working title is Cooking for the Crowd, and it grew out of something I hadn’t expected. It actually started with The Rogues’ Galley, the remarkable compact kitchen Bill Reddig designed for Kelvinator […]

Deirdre’s Origanal Rogues Galley

Hi! Miles said I could take the lead on today’s edition of The Daily. Production has taken my cookbook away. Apparently Cooking With Oil is now “finished,” which means I am forbidden to improve it until the September release. They suggested I stay the hell away from it for a while. I lasted almost fourteen […]

Cooking Without OIl

Hi, Gentle Readers! It’s Deirdre again. I think the machine may actually be right. Yesterday it announced that Cooking With Oil had reached the point where the recipes were mostly finished and what remained was organizing them, polishing them, and making everything look pretty. I wasn’t quite ready to hear that. Somewhere along the way, […]

DEIRDRE’S CORN DOGS IN FAIRFAX

Cooking Smarter Instead of Harder Good evening, Gentle Readers! Well…I lost. The Production Section held a staff meeting this morning and informed me that Cooking With Oil is apparently no longer my problem. They claim the manuscript has escaped into the wild and is now somebody else’s responsibility. I’m not entirely convinced. I had planned […]

Have a Taco Bell in the Olive Garden

OK—I have the chicken thawed and ready to be assembled by some Interns earning extra credit for weekend shift work while the major air campaign enters its sixth cycle of days. Our thoughts go out to everyone involved, along with the sad news that at least two more Americans have been lost to drones launched […]