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 TheCruiseChef.com
has been created by experienced writers who have a
wide knowledge of the cruise industry and the ports
where ships call. The owners and writers have traveled
on ships all over the world so that the information
on the website comes from personal in-depth research
and hands-on experience.
Both TheCruiseChef.com
and The Cruise Chef newsletter are published by the
award-winning website SmallShipCruises.com that has
been featured in Arthur Frommer's Online Newsletter,
Recommend, Best Fares Magazine, USA Today, Cruise
Voyager, Travel Weekly, Porthole Magazine, Marco Polo
Magazine, Business Journal and in many other newspapers,
magazines, and website media.
THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN
AT THECRUISECHEF.
The website was
founded by two generations of world-travelers: Bob
Linde, veteran boater, travel writer and gourmet
cook, and Shirley Linde, well-known author
of 37 books. The mother and son combination's love
of traveling and sailing has taken them to cruising
all over the world, and enjoying the food there. Some
of the travel books they have written or worked on
are The World's Most Exciting Cruises, The World's
Most Intimate Cruises, Great Voyages of the World,
and Windows to the World (International Food, Wine
and Travel Writers Association).
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 Bob
Linde, a founder, is an avid sailor. While
running the recreation department for the University
of South Florida, he developed courses in navigation,
advanced sailing, and canoeing. As a travel
writer he has visited unique destinations such
as the Peruvian Amazon, Northern European waterways,
and the Galapagos Islands, just to name a few.
Bob spent 5 years in the US Army, including
3 years in Europe and 6 months on the front
lines of Desert Storm. He has also worked as
a counselor for troubled youths, a commercial
fisherman and Greenpeace activist. He is currently
interning in Chinese traditional medicine, and
has an extensive herb garden for medicinals
as well as his creative cooking. |
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 Shirley
Linde, editor of TheCruiseChef.com and of
SmallShipCruises.com, is a best-selling author
whose books have been translated into languages
around the world. She has written both on science
and on travel, is author of 37 books, including
several on the NY Times best-seller list. Some
of the books she has authored or co-authored
are No More Sleepless Nights, No More Snoring,
Dr. Atkins' Superenergy Diet, The Whole Health
Catalogue, The Charleston Weight-Loss Program,
The World’s Most Intimate Cruises, and The Insiders'
Guide to the World's Most Exciting Cruises.
Shirley has received several outstanding service
awards in communications, and is listed in Who's
Who in America, the World Who's Who of Women,
Who's Who of Contemporary Authors, and Foremost
Women of the 20th Century. She lived on an outisland
of the Bahamas for five years, and now when
not traveling, she lives a few feet from the
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ABOUT THE SITE
TheCruiseChef.com
website features favorite recipes of chefs of cruise
ships all over the world and of destination restaurants
where they go. The recipes can be searched by categories
and include everything from the secret formula for
the famous Pussers Painkiller to Cajun recipes from
a cruise to the Louisiana bayou and gourmet recipes
from luxury barges in France. The site has news and
information on wine and culinary cruises, as well
as a bookstore, a food and kitchen shop, travel gear,
and Cruise Reports on cruises taken by the editors.
The website is supported by those who request cruise
reservations through the site which are forwarded
to one of the team of associates who are specialists
in ships that have wine and culinary cruises and who
make the reservations.
A free newsletter
is published monthly by email, with new recipes and
news of upcoming culinary and wine cruises.
The site has special
help for corporations and other large groups with
wine and culinary interests and has programs for Meetings
At Sea and for Floating Hotels at major events in
port cities.
The website is
reaching an audience of travelers from all over the
world. People are coming to the site from the United
States, Canada, Mexico, and countries of Central and
South America, Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia.
So come join us at the site. We are only an email
away.
To contact us click
here.
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