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Victoria Allman, author SEAsoned: A Chef’s Journey with Her Captain, has been following her stomach around the globe for twelve years as a yacht chef. She writes about her floating culinary odyssey through Europe, the Caribbean, Nepal, Vietnam, Africa and the South Pacific in her first book, Sea Fare: A Chef’s Journey Across the Ocean.

Both of Victoria's books, Sea Fare and SEAsoned, have won Florida's Royal Palm Literary Award for First Place in Travel.

Victoria is a columnist for Dockwalk, an International magazine for crew members aboard yachts. Her column, Dishing It Up, is a humorous look at cooking for the rich and famous in an ever-moving galley.

You can read more of her food-driven escapades through her web-site, www.victoriaallman.com...more


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Average rating: 4.45 · 33 ratings · 13 reviews · 2 distinct works
SEAsoned - A Chef's Journey...
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Deadman's Cay (Cooking, Food & Wine)
1 chapters   —   updated Jan 29, 2011 07:18pm
Description: A trip to the Bahamas to dive for conch and fish for tuna

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Final Sail by Elaine Viets
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Helen Hawthorne is at it again. In the latest installment of Elaine Viets' funny and well-crafted mystery series, Helen finds herself as both a preacher and a stewardess on a yacht--two very different roles for this P.I. to undertake--in an attempt t...more
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Uncommon Grounds by Sandra Balzo
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I must say, I read a lot of mysteries and usually have an inkling of who-dun-it or my suspicions al least. With Uncommon Grounds, I had no idea until the last chapter who had killed Patricia Harper on opening day of her coffeeshop. And to an avid rea...more
The Culling by Steven dos Santos
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Catfish Alley by Lynne Bryant
Catfish Alley
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Catfish Alley is the surprising story of a Junior League, Southern woman making friends with an elderly black woman while learning the history of the town she lives in. It is the story of an awakening of this middle-aged, upper-crust woman to what is...more
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Without a Grave by Marcia Talley
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Having spent a lot of time in the Bahamas, I was thoroughly impressed with how well Marcia Talley captures the feel of the islands and her people. It is clear in reading Without a Grave that Talley has spent a lot of time researching her mystery set...more
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