The author cooked for over 5 years on tugboats in Alaska. This cooking guidebook was created to help anyone learn to cook good, basic meals. It was written specifically for someone new to cooking in the maritime industry, who gets thrown into the job as cook for a small vessel and has to survive. This book gives you basic recipes, a 14 day sample menu plan,shopping advice (including a sample shopping list based on the menu plan), and a lot of helpful tips and techniques.