Feature In Marina Life: "Cooking Class While Cruising"
Solomons Island, MD
John F. Kennedy, Harry Truman and Robert Mitchum ate in this spot when it was the Bowen Inn. Chef Gwyn Novak’s great-grandfather founded the inn in 1918, and her family rebuilt on the same spot after a tragic fire destroyed the inn in 2006. Today, class participants, working in four groups of four people each, prepare three-course meals with a panoramic view of the water. Mediterranean, a Murder Mystery Dinner, 30-Minute Meals, and Chesapeake Bay Classic Oysters are among the themes. “Farm to table, where every ingredient down to the salt is sourced locally, and regional classics like Smith Island Cake and St. Mary’s Stuffed Ham, are favorites,” says Novak, a Baltimore International College culinary graduate, and author of cookbooks, How to Cook for Beginners and One Pot Supreme. Guest chef instructors include Michelin-star restaurateur Robert Wiedmaier, who took participants step-by- step to prepare foie gras ravioli and crispy Long Island duck.
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