Pitt's Dining Experiences in the Adventures

Book (Chapter):

Dinner on the terrace at Bruno von Till's villa on Thasos, Greece.

The Mediterranean Caper (6)

Appetizer: Mixed cheeses, olives and cucumbers. Followed with chicken soup, flavored with lemon and egg yolks.

Baked oysters mixed with onions and minced nuts.

Dessert: A tray of fruit and coffee.

Dinner at Snorri's Restaurant in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Iceberg (8)

Beverage: The admiral and Tidi have Holland gin. Pitt orders a Cutty rocks.

A buffet of salmon, cod, cured shark dishes.

Dessert: Strawberry and ice cream flambé.

Lunch with Lee and Maxine Rafferty at their cedar cabin home in the mountains above Denver, Colorado.

Vixen 03 (2)

Beverage: Lee's home brewed beer.

Dessert: Apple turnovers.

Dinner at Anchorage House, a country inn just south of Lexington, Virginia.

Vixen 03 (32)

Beverage: Irish coffee.

Dirk Pitt

Fried chicken, brandied carrots, baked corn, and sweet potatoes.

Dessert: Apple pie.

Snack on the Doodlebug.

Night Probe! (22)

Beverage: Not mentioned.

Dirk Pitt

A sandwich.

Snack at Ansel and Annie Magee's home, the original Wacketshire station, in upstate New York.

Night Probe! (31)

Beverage: Black coffee.

Dirk Pitt

Apple pie.

Snack at Ansel and Annie Magee's home, the original Wacketshire station, in upstate New York.

Night Probe! (70)

Beverage: Black coffee.

Cherry pie.

Breakfast at St. Julien Perlmutter's cottage house in Georgetown, Washington D.C..

Deep Six (15)

Beverage: Schnapps.

Thin-sliced Westphalian ham garnished with pickles, pumpernickel bread, and potato dumplings with a prune-butter filling.

Dessert: Espresso.

Breakfast at the hangar apartment.

Deep Six (22)

Beverage: Coffee.

Dirk Pitt

A spicy Mexican omelet.

Admiral Sandecker

Half a Florida grapefruit (he prefers Texas).

Loren Smith

A glass of buttermilk.

Dessert: None.

Lunch at Positano Restaurant on Fairmont Avenue.

Deep Six (31)

Beverage: Sazerac cocktails with rye instead of bourbon.

Dirk Pitt

Zuppa di pesce, an Italian bouillabaisse.

Loren Smith

A salad.

Dessert: None.

Meal at the Devil's Fork, a pub on Rhode Island Avenue.

Deep Six (47)

Beverage: Manhattans.

Dirk Pitt

Monte Cristo sandwich.

Dessert: None.

Al Giordino brings a plate of hors d'oeuvres he smuggled from the Leonid Andreyev dining-room buffet table to their cabin.

Deep Six (56)

Beverage: None.

Dirk Pitt
Loren Smith
Alan Moran
Marcus Larimer

A canape and caviar on thin toast.

Dirk Pitt mentions that a restaurant in Plaquemines Parish named Tom's has excellent oysters on the half-shell, especially with Tom's mama's special chili pepper juice.

Deep Six (68)

Drinks at the Old Angler's Inn on MacArthur Boulevard.

Cyclops (10)

Beverage: Dirk Pitt has Bombay Gin on the rocks with a twist and Raphael O'Meara has Jack Daniels.

Dirk Pitt
Raphael O'Meara

A platter of shrimp and coctail sauce.

Snack in his NUMA office.

Cyclops (13)

Beverage: Not mentioned.

Granola bars.

Meals while imprisoned on Cayo Santa María off Cuba.

Cyclops (27, 30, 33, 35)

Beverage: Not mentioned.

1. Mutton stew.
2. Fish stew.
3. Chicken stew and doughy bread.
4. Thick gruel.

Dessert: None.

Meal on the road in Cuba.

Cyclops (62)

Beverage: Not mentioned.

Mangoes, a pineapple, and two helf-ripened tomatoes.

Snack requests taken by Commander Byron Knight on the Polar Explorer.

Treasure (5)

Al Giordino

A couple of donuts and milk.

Dinner at John Paul Jones Club, a red-brick Victorian mansion in Georgetown, Washington D.C.

Treasure (22)

The actual dinner is not part of the story.

Lily Sharp brings a late night dinner to the hangar apartment. Dirk Pitt is about to reheat a pot of Texas chili when Lily arrives.

Treasure (23)

Beverage: Principessa Gavi.

Smoked salmon, wild mushroom soup, spinach salad with pheasant and walnuts, linguine in oyster sauce and white wine.

Dessert: Coffee chocolate trifle.

Meal at a Japanese restaurant on Constitution Avenue.

Dragon (22)

Beverage: Not mentioned.

Dirk Pitt

Clear clam broth and sashimi.

Dessert: None.

Snack at Hiram Yaeger's NUMA office.

Dragon (22)

Beverage: Nonalcoholic beers.

Dirk Pitt

A large pizza and two slices of Hiram's pizza.

Dessert: None.

Dinner in the hangar apartment prepared by Loren Smith (left a note).

Dragon (26)

Beverage: two glasses of Smothers Brothers 1983 Cabernet Sauvignon.

Dirk Pitt

A Waldorf salad and bouillabaisse.

Dessert: Not mentioned.

Breakfast in the hangar apartment.

Dragon (26)

Beverage: Coffee and orange juice.

Sliced grapefruit, omelet, and toast.

Dessert: None.

Picnic at the Virginia Memorial racetrack.

Dragon (29)

Beverage: Valley of the Moon zinfandel.

Mortadella and brie with sourdough bread, accomplanied with pâté and friut.

Dessert: Not mentioned.

Dinner at Hideki Suma's retreat on Soseki Island.

Dragon (46)

Beverage:
Loren Smith - Maiden's Blush
Dirk Pitt - Tequila martini with lime
Al Giordino - Barking Dog

Dessert: Sweet fruits. Followed with a cup of tea.

The meals on Big Ben.

Dragon (76)

Beverage: Coffee.

Dirk Pitt

Moldy balogna snadwiches.

The meal after emerging from Big Ben on Marcus Island.

Dragon (76)

Beverage: Tequila on the rocks with a twist of lime.

Dirk Pitt

Crab louis salad.

Dessert: A nap.

Dinner at the Nile Hilton in Egypt.

Sahara (6)

Appetizer: A dip of ground sesame seeds with eggplant, a yogurt dish called leban zabadi, and a tray of pickled vegetables with a basket of pita bread.

Dishes include spicy ground lamb cooked on skewers, crayfish grilled over charcoal, a stewed kind of spinach green, and khalta (a richly seasoned pilaf of beef, rice, raisins, and nuts).

Dessert: Coffee and Um Ali, a hot bread pudding with milk and topped with pine nuts.

Al Giordino brings Dirk Pitt a little nutrition on the Calliope.

Sahara (12)

Beverage: Coors beer.

Dirk Pitt

Tuna Sandwich.

A meal in the Sahara Desert.

Sahara (28)

Beverage: Warm Malian soft drinks and water.

A can of sardines.

Dessert: None.

Dinner in the Sahara desert.

Sahara (29)

Beverage: Warm Malian soft drinks.

Concentrated beef stew and biscuits.

Dessert: Old Hoverholt straight rye whiskey.

Snack on the truck ride to Adar in the Sahara desert.

Sahara (29)

Beverage: Bottled water.

Salt tablets and dried figs.

Dessert: None.

Captain Pembroke- Smythe arrives with a snack tray from the aircraft galley.

Sahara (45)

Beverage: Coffee.

Dirk Pitt

Chicken salad and tuna fish sandwiches.

Box lunch after escaping from the sinkhole.

Inca Gold (4)

Beverage: Can of Root Beer.

Dirk Pitt

Peanut butter sandwich and a dill pickle.

Dinner at the City of the Dead.

Inca Gold (14)

Beverage: Peruvian red wine.

Dirk Pitt
Al Giordino
Dr. Alberto Ortiz
Rudi Gunn

Pungent beef stew, bowls of locally grown parched corn and beans, and friut salad..

Dessert: Mangos with syrup.

Lunch in the McDonnell Explorer helicopter.

Inca Gold (22)

Beverage: Coffee.

Cheese sandwiches.

Dessert: Not mentioned.

Brunch at the hangar apartment.

Inca Gold (25)

Beverage: Champagne.

Huevos rancheros with chorizo, refried beans, and salsa.

Dessert: Not mentioned.

Lunch in the 1936 Pierce Arrow Travelodge house trailer at the annual Capital Concours de Beaux Moteurcar in East Potomac Park.

Inca Gold (32)

Beverage: Corona, Coors, and Cheurlin.

Cold cuts, mortadella, cheeses, smoked fish, a loaf of sourdough bread, coleslaw, and potato salad.

Dessert: Not mentioned.

Lunch at the Box Car Cafe near Calexico.

Inca Gold (35)

Beverage: Beer. Dirk has an Oly and Loren has a Corona.

Dirk Pitt

Coleslaw.

Loren Smith

A mesquite chiliburger and coleslaw.

Dessert: None.

Quick snack on the Alhambra.

Inca Gold (42)

Beverage: Cyrstal Light.

Dirk Pitt

Peanut butter sandwich.

Meal served by Polly Yuma when Billy Yuma brings Dirk Pitt to their home in the village Canyon Ometepec in northern Baja.

Inca Gold (44)

Beverage: Wine fermented from the fruit of the saguaro.

Dirk Pitt

Shredded pork, refried beans with fried cholla buds, and tortillas made from mesquite beans.

Dessert: None.

Snack on the Walloping Windbag.

Inca Gold (57)

Beverage: Coffee.

Dirk Pitt

Balogna sandwiches.

Meal served by Claire after Joe Hagen catches Dirk Pitt while fishing on their private yacht First Attempt.

Inca Gold (60)

Beverage: Water.

Dirk Pitt

Canned fish chowder doused with brandy.

Dessert: None.

Farewell dinner party on the Ice Hunter.

Shock Wave (13)

Beverage: Wine.

Filets of deep-sea cod with mushroom and wine sauce.

Dessert: Cake shaped like the continent of Australia, with icing picturing the more notable land marks including Ayres Rock and Sydney Harbor.

Dinner at the hangar apartment.

Shock Wave (15)

Appetizer: Lentil soup with pork liver sausage.

Corned beef hash with salt herring and steamed spicy sauerkraut.

Dessert: Not mentioned.

Meal provided by Mason Broadmoor's wife Irma.

Shock Wave (21)

Beverage: Not mentioned.

Dirk Pitt

Dessert: Not mentioned.

Meals while adrift at sea.

Shock Wave (32, 35)

Beverage: Rain water (when available).

Dessert: None.

Meal on the island.

Shock Wave (43)

Beverage: Not mentioned.

Grilled mackeral with cockles.

Dessert: None.

Dinner at Sam Foley's cabin on Orion Lake in Washington State.

Flood Tide (3)

Beverage:

Dirk Pitt

Barbecued elk steak and salad.

Dessert: None.

Dinner on the Oregon.

Flood Tide (16)

Beverage: 1992 Ferri-Carano Siena from Sonoma County.

Dirk Pitt

Ris de veau ou cervelles au beurre noir (sweetbreads in brown butter sauce), served with baked mushroom caps stuffed with crab, and a boiled artichoke with hollandaise sauce.

Al Giordino

Boeuf a la mode (braised beef covered with aspic and glazed vegetables).

Dessert: Espresso.

Dinner on the Oregon.

Flood Tide (18)

Appetizer: Tortilla Chips and a bowl of salsa.

The chef is fixing up something special - not mentioned.

Qin Shang's Party at his mansion in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Flood Tide (25)

Beverage: French Champagne.

A buffet with lobster, crab, fried abalone, and other seafood.

Dessert: Cognac.

Lunch at Charlie's Fish Dock, a saloon in Morgan City, Louisiana.

Flood Tide (32)

Beverage: Dirk has Pancho Villa tequila on the rocks with a lime and Al has Dixie beer.

Dessert: None.

Dinner Party at the hangar apartment.

Flood Tide (48)

Beverage: Not addressed.

The buffet-style dinner is not described.

Dessert: Fried apples with syrup.

Julia Lee brings lunch on the Diversity.

Flood Tide (50)

Beverage: Not mentioned.

Hummus and avocado sandwiches, apples, granola bars, and carrots.

Dessert: Not mentioned.

Julia Lee prepares breakfast on the Ocean Retriever.

Flood Tide (52)

Beverage: Coffee.

Eggs, bacon, toast, and grapefruit.

Dessert: Not mentioned.

Dinner with Luis and Lisa Marquez at their home in Pandora, Colorado near Telluride.

Atlantis Found (7)

Beverage: Beer.

Smoked elk in Lisa's Mornay sauce, creamed spinach, baked potatoes and salad.

Dessert: Coffee and carrot cake.

Lunch in St. Julien Permutter's Rolls Royce Silver Dawn.

Atlantis Found (11)

Beverage: Yellow Lable Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Brut Champagne.

Crepes filled with mushrooms and sweetbreads, grilled and beaded oysters, several pates and cheeses.

Dessert: Pears poached in red wine. No cognac.

Dinner at St. Cyr's, an eighteenth century colonial brick house converted into a restaurant, just across the Capitol Beltway into Fairfax County, Virginia. Dirk Pitt is thinking of making a smoked salmon omelet when Loren calls and they decide to go out to the restaurant.

Atlantis Found (28)

Appetizer: The house pate with truffles, followed by vichyssoise.

Dirk Pitt

Sweetbreads in brown butter sauce.

Loren Smith

Rabbit stewed in white wine sauce.

Dessert: Peaches cardinal (poached peaches with raspberry puree) followed by a glass of Remy Martin brandy.

Frank Cash orders lunch at the ice station for Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino.

Atlantis Found (37)

Beverage: Gallo burgundy.

Lasagna.

Dessert: Not mentioned.

Meals while adrift in the Abyss Navigator.

Valhalla Rising (16)

Beverage: Rainwater.

Sandwiches until gone. Raw fish, including a white-tipped shark.

Dessert: Not mentioned.

Dinner at the Egan farm by the Hudson River north of Strong Point, New York.

Valhalla Rising (35)

Beverage: Margaritas.

Tuna Casserole and coleslaw.

Dessert: Not mentioned.

Dinner at Knox Inn located in a little town called Rose Hill.

Valhalla Rising (38)

Beverage: Ale.

Barbecued pork and chicken, grits with shrimp and crab, a southern coleslaw salad and corn on the cob.

Dessert: Key lime pie, followed with coffee and espresso.

Breakfast at Marlys Kaiser's farm outside Monticello, Minnesota.

Valhalla Rising (39)

Beverage: Coffee.

Eggs, bacon, and pancakes.

Dessert: Not mentioned.

Dinner at the hangar apartment.

Valhalla Rising (44)

Beverage: Margaritas.

Sally Morse is preparing Beef Stroganoff.

Dessert: Not mentioned. Coffee is brewing.

Dinner at the hangar apartment.

Valhalla Rising (58)

Beverage: Chardonnay.

Pasta laced with Chardonnay with spinach and prosciutto.

Dessert: Not mentioned.

Dinner at L'Auberge Chez Francois in Great Falls, Virginia.

Trojan Odyssey (16)

Appetizer: A game platter consisting of deer, antelope, breast of pheasant, rabbit and quail with wild mushrooms and chestnuts.

Dirk Pitt

Kidneys and mushrooms in a sauce of sherry and mustard.

Al Giordino and Micky Levy

Share a rack of lamb.

Dirk Pitt Jr. and Summer Pitt

Choucroute parni, a large platter of sauerkraut with sausages, pheasant, duck confit, squab and fois gras (the specialty of the house).

Loren Smith

Petite choucroute - sauerkraut, smoked trout, salmon, monkfish and shrimp.

Dessert: A rich desert followed by a glass of fine port.

Lunch at the little El Castillo village hotel in Nicaragua.

Trojan Odyssey (28)

Beverage: Local beer.

Gaspar, a fresh fish from the river prepared with Aragon's special sauce.

Dessert: Not mentioned.

Dinner at the hangar apartment.

Trojan Odyssey (41)

Beverage: Martin Ray Chardonnay.

Grilled porterhouse steaks, mashed potatoes, and Caesar salad.

Dessert: Not mentioned.

Le Curcel, a restaurant St. Julien Perlmutter hires to cater the reception at the hangar.

Trojan Odyssey (49)

Beverage: California estate champagne.

Buffet - chaffing dishes and ice platters filled with every variety of food from the sea, including abalone and sea urchin. And oysters.

Dessert: Not mentioned.